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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • goodluck_good@mail.az (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR CURTIS GOODLUCK <goodluck_77@mail.az>
Reply-To: goodluck_good@mail.az
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:58:37 +0200
Subject: SWIFT RESPOSE NEEDED


Dr. CURTIS GOODLUCK
CREDIT ACCOUNTS DEUTSCHE BANK HEAD OFFICE .
Good Day,
Let me start by introducing myself, I am CURTIS GOODLUCK ,
CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER DEUTSCHE BANK
I am writing you this letter based on the latest
development at my bank,
which I will like to bring
to your personal edification. I am writing you this
letter with so much joy
and excitement even though my heart goes out to the
very powerful and
distinguished gentleman who I was fortunate to have
worked for and extremely
privileged to have known for numerous years. I am a
top
official in charge of client accounts in DEUTSCHE BANK
here in europe.
In 2001, my client was going through a horrendous
divorce in the United
States of America and was on the verge of losing most
of his estate to his
vicious and diabolical wife. As a result of this
alarming
predicament, my client came to me with a very
brilliant idea. He transferred
some funds, twenty million two hundred thousand
dollars ($20.2m) to a fixed
deposit account in my bank under an alias which only
the two of us knew
about as the confidentiality of the matter was
necessary for his protection.
Due to his untimely death in early 2002, the funds
have been sitting in the
account ever since and will continue to do so
perpetually unless we do
something about it.
This is where you come in. I located you through an
agency that helps seek
people by their email. My client did not declare any
next of kin in his
official papers including the paper work of his bank
deposit. Against this
backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I would like
you as a foreigner to
stand as the next of kin to our client so that you
will be able to receive
his funds. I want you to know that I have had
everything planned out so that
we can come out successful. I have contacted an
attorney that will prepare the necessary document that
will back you up as
the next of kin to my client. All that is required
from you at this stage is
for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address
so that the attorney
can commence his job.
After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney
will also file in for
claims on your behalf and secure the necessary
approval and letter of
probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an
account that will be
provided by you. There is no risk involved at all in
the matter as we are
going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will
prepare all the
necessary documents.
The allocation of our money will be as follows:
20%($4.04m) to you for your
part in this, 75% for me and my partners and 5% for
any unforeseeable
expenses we may incurre. I think this is extremely
fair, as you have nothing
to lose but just a little time, while on the other
hand I am staking my
flawless reputation among other things. And besides
$4.04 million is no
pocket change. Once you are approved, the entire
transaction should take no
longer than twelve business days after which we will
go about our daily
business, but just millions of dollars richer.
As you can see this is easier than taking candy from a
baby, but mind you,
trust is something that is developed over time and
that is something that we
do not have. So I have to let you know that it will
highly unfeasible to try
to run away with the money because even though only
you can transfer money
in and out of your account, the transfer can only be
authorized by my
department of which i happen to be the head.
The money will be transferred from my bank to an
account you will provide.
So please, there should be no room for greed because
twenty million two hundred
thousand dollars can quench even the most insatiable
desire for the almighty
dollar. Again, I will be in charge of everything else.
I will assume all
responsibilities for this endeavor so you don't have
to worry about any
legal ramifications, just what you will do with all
that money. Your urgent
response is highly anticipated so please email me
through this my private
email:( goodluck_good@mail.az )
for more details on this transaction as soon
as possible. This should be kept very secret and
confidential.I believe you know.
Regards,
Dr CURTIS GOODLUCK

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