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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 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.
  • jose_hcarlos@mail2madrid.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jose hernandez carlos" <josehcarlos@mixmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 15:18:59 +0200
Subject: Your consent

Dear,

I has just discovered after this years total tax account of year 2005 which
was presented to Broad and Shareholders of a reputable Bank(Bancoval) here
in Spain that some depositors have their deposit without complaints and
unclaimed like Mr. Claude Masson deputy publisher, Montreal the Press who
deposited millions in Cash and Bond
His current position is well known to me before I decided to contact you, by
your information I saw when I seek for somebody leaving outside of spain to
come forward as the next of kin.
Through my research I found out that he was in Egypt Air Flight 990,1999 air
crash along with his wife Mrs. Jeannine Bourdages, involvement too and that
Mr Masson was the only child of his parents. If no one come up as the next
of kin or relative this fund and bonds will be diverted to government fund
by the end of first quarter of this new year
We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarisation of
the will and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favour according to Spanish Law Of Deposit.

All the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this
matter.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details.

Regards,
Jose H.M. Carlos
jose_hcarlos@mail2madrid.com

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