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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • gacreditationz@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?Ministry=20Sport?= <acreditationz@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: accreditationz@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:25:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Participation in Germany 2006


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gacreditationz@yahoo.com.hk

Federal Ministry of the Interior

Alt-Moabit 101 D, 10559 Berlin, Germany








Dear Sir,

Federal Ministry of Interior, whose portfolio includes sport, wishes to inform you that Germany is an attractive country to visit and transact business from time to time; multiplicity of landscapes, the wide choice of leisure activities, the plethora of sporting and cultural events and excellent infrastructure attract millions of tourists to Germany.

As the world's third strongest national economy, Germany holds a leading position in terms of its total economic output.

Following the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006, the volume and quality of traffic that we are getting and expecting, we wish to encourage media & press, sports lovers, corporate body and international partners to join us in investing, projecting and publicizing their team, company and services during and after the event.

Thus, toward fostering smooth and well-organised tournament, a committee has been setup with new innovation in administering to the media and press for better dissemination of information, coverage and reporting of events. Online Accreditation Initiative has been introduce, with a view of allowing reputable and seasoned reporters, journalists & correspondents to take their rightful place in the scheme of things.

In the light of this, you are expected to obtain an Accreditation Form, with US$2000, fill and submit it to us for further processing. This entitles you for Multi-Tickets for the game.

To obtain the form, payment should be made through the Ministry online account:



Egold a/c: 2099420 Click Here ?http://2099420.e-gold.com

OR

Western Union Money Transfer ?in favour of Otto Schily (Chairman, Organising Committee).

As soon as this is receive, a copy of Accreditation Form & Ticket will be sent to you via courier and electronically.

Upon completion of the exercise, the Ministry will forward to you other necessary documents to cover the tournament.

Thank you for your maximum co-operation.

Yours faithfully,



Otto Schily

Chairman, Organising Committee






- Sport Ministry

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