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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 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.
  • mrsmith001@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrsmith001@latinmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:28:22 -0800
Subject: URGENT SUPPLY

Dear Sir ,







I am Raw Material Acquisition Agent, for TECHINT GROUPS; This Company needed to buy some quantity and good quality of “AQUARMARINE CRIPPS” from your country, do you know the material? I know someone that has the material there and we purchase from him last year but this time around, I don’t want his involvement because he betrayed me, I’m contacting you to source for the material using your high level contacts because it there in your country and I assure you that as soon as you confirm the availability the Company’s Purchasing Manager (Mr. Adams) will travel down to your country for the purchase of the materials.

I am inspired to subscribe for contact through the internet because my former contact from your neighborhood there betrayed me, he’s a cheat, you know why, before we go into business, I reached an agreement with him, and according to him, he told me in confidence that he can source the AQUAMARINE CRIPPS within your locality there at the cost of ($315.00) equivalent Per I Kilo and I agree with him to sale to the Purchasing Manager at $580.00 Per I Kilo on Agreement to give me 10% of each and every total purchase made from him.

As a matter of fact, I received my commission from him in the first and second transactions, not until last quarter of 2005 a total (2.500 pieces) Two thousand Five Hundred pieces of A/CRIPPS was purchased from him at the cost of $580.00 Per I kilo totaling ($1,450.000.00) and I’m supposed to be entitled to ($145,000.00) One Hundred and Forty Five Thousand United States Dollars representing 10%, of my commission, but to my greatest surprise he deviated from our Agreed 10% instead he offered me 2% with excuses that the price of the material has changed.

I pleaded with him over and over to give my commission but, he bluffed me and became blunt, I thought using legal action, but he threatened to report to my management my previous dealings with him, that’s what made me to drop the case for peace to prevail and to save my job, besides my agreement with him was oral not hand written.

Now that the opportunity has come again, the same Company needed same material and in a larger quantity this time and I don’t want to transact any business with the man over there that is why I am contacting you to see if you can source for the material yourself, or alternatively, I
give the contact of the former supplier so that you can contact him and negotiate directly with him. But, you mustn’t mention my name to him because if you do so, he will know the Company that needed it and he might bypass us. Please Understand.


DESCRIPTIONS:
Name of Item.. Aquamarine Cripps
Number.........N5H
Quantity.......10, 000 pieces
Price..........As usual, $580.00 Per I KTR
Sub Total......$5,800,000.00
Terms of Payment to us ....Cash


Please note: these material is needed very urgent to help to facilitate the completion of the Company’s Multi Million Ultra Modern Hydro Water Plant Project in IRAQ.

Therefore, conveniently send to me your direct telephone and fax number’s so that I can call you for to discuss terms and procedures in details.

Finally, as soon as I receive your reply indicating your interest, I will quickly give you picture of the product for easy identification.

I wait for your reply ASAP.

Mr .Smith Marven

Please contact me on my private mrsmith001@latinmail.com

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