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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.
  • robert_vicgotte@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "icep_swissbank@terra.es" <icep_swissbank@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:41:00 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hello!



Good day!

Upon special auditing panel set-up by the board of director’s of Swiss Bankers Association to investigate all the dormant accounts in Swiss banks, Belonging to non-Swiss citizens and victims of the holocaust word war II whose relatives or next of kin has not yet file for it claim.

Being a top executive member of boards of trusty at the ICEP, a dormant account of one Eng. ACKERMANN ALFRED with a credit balance of 10,324,160,00US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me. Further investigation proof that the beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, which attracted me to seek for a foreigner to HELP claim the funds as the next of kin or Business Partner! Get back to me for more details about the processing of the claims/transfer of the funds without any doubt or fear.

Visit the websites link below for more information:
http://www.swissbankclaims.com

A group was further set-up, The Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) who responsibility was net to handles processing of all claims on accounts for non-Swiss citizens with it disbursement security firm, ABN-AMRO ABNK LTD (AMSTERDAM) THE NETHERLANDS. In accordance with the tribunal European law. The group has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland Government.

Await your prompt response!

Mr. Robert vicgotte
Member of the ICEP
robert_vicgotte@hotmail.fr






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