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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +448704785295 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • troslimited@stalag13.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TROS LIMITED TROS LIMITED" <troslimited03@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:13:28 -0800
Subject: REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED

Tros Ltd.
Hafnargata 9
IS-245 Sandgerdi
Iceland.
Fax +44 870 478 5295

Goodday,

TROS LIMITED is a Global Seafood Enterprise based in ICELAND. Tros
Ltd. was founded in 1977. The company pioneered fresh fish exports in ocean
freight containers and was later to develop into fresh fish shipments by air
in a big way. We create a desire for healthy substanable seafood by
discovering fish, making them and selling our products.

We export products such as Tuna, Squid, Salmon, Mussels, Hoki etc for world
trade.

The company´s sourcing and processing activities canbe divided into two
categories:

In Sandgerdi, Tros Ltd. has its own processing and packing facilitywhere
fresh fish, selected and bought on the market by company staff, is filleted,
iced and packed for transport.

The company may also negotiate with reliable processors, who will process
fresh fish and prepare shipments in accordance with specifications provided
and supervised by Tros Ltd.

Our United Kingdom office is in East Yorkshire and we are industrial
and food service providers for Europe continent and United Kingdom. Our
customers, corporate bodies, individuals include chefs and manufacturers who
make products for the food service and retail trade.

Originally starting out in the Food Additive Industry the company became
swiftly involved in plenty of other segments and is continuously adopting
new challenges. Besides the trading business it has identified the necessity
to offer special services to Western companies that wish to engage
themselves into activities in Iceland indeed but do not have the rights
contacts, language abilities and/or time to get this accomplished
themselves.

It is upon this note that we are writing you to seek your assistance in
representing our company in your locality as our Regional Manager.
Note that as a regional manager of our company, you will be entitled to a
basic salary of 60,000 United States Dollars a year and 5% bonus of any
amount you receive from customers on behalf of the company as payments for
sales and outstanding debts or goods that they buy.

As a regional manager of our company, your primary functions are as follows:

1. Maintanance of a sales officeThe company will be responsible for all
costs including phone and other charges and the setting up of the office in
your locality.
2. Assume responsibility for all sales office.
3. Lastly, contacting clients on behalf of the company who are ready to make

payments or wanting to pay for products they purchase from the company.
To facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted, do send me
promptly the following to me via this email
address(TROSLIMITED@stalag13.com).

1. Your Full Names
2. Present Occupation/Position
3. Contact address
4. Telephone number and Fax,
5. Age.

Thanks for your time and anticipation to work with Tros Ltd.

Sincerely Yours,
PETE LUI.
Tros Ltd.

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