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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barristerdavidjames@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "TINA PETERS" <tinapeters43@aime.fr>
Reply-To: barristerdavid_james@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:04:38 +0200
Subject: COMMON WEALTH INTERNATIONAL BANK


TINA PETERS
COMMON WEALTH INTERNATIONAL BANK
Senator House
85 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4HA
LONDON UK

Please Reply to my barrister at (barristerdavidjames@myway.com)
Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh sum of money from a
deceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make
any one apprehensive and worried, but I am sure that you are
experienced inhandling
this sums.
I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION; We discovered an abandoned sum of US$30,000,000.00
(thirty
million united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of
our
foreign customers who paid in these funds into our bank as depository
for an investment program she was involved.she was at our bank
thirty(44)
months ago at the begining of this investment program,but
unfortunately she
died.
Thedetails of the investment program states that she only is in
control of the funds and it was invested out of her corporate estate.
Her family records are not stated in our bank records and in her
investment
program contracts.
Thus her family are not aware. Again she is a widow.
The rules in our bank here in COMMON WEALTH INTERNATIONAL BANK LONDON
puts
the money under current Bank Assets as soon as they do not get
communication from
the accounts owner within a stipulated period agreed during the
clients
accounts opening. In the case of this customer, he is meant to send
banking instructions every three months.She died months ago and i got
to know from my sources, and herObituary has also stated in the link
below:http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.html
She has been buried and i know no one knows about these funds. Since
her death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay
claims for thismoney as the heir.We cannot release the fund from his
account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as

indicated in our banking guidelines,the money will be transferred into
the Bank Treasury as an
unclaimed fund.

So the request of you as a foreigner is necessarily needed for the
claim because a citizen of LONDON cannot come forward to claim
the fund since the law does not pave a way for an indigene to claim
such fund.

upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as
a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully
worked out by us for the funds (US$30,000,000.00) to be released in
your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an
ORDER OF MADAMUS to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual

business endeavour by furnishing the below following to my
barrister(David
James) at(barristerdavidjames@myway.com).
1. Beneficiary name and address 2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before
the transfer can be made. We look forward to your suggestions and
sharing
formula as I have agreed to give you 20% while 10% will be donated to
the
church. Your share stays while therest shall be for us for investment
purposes.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, donot take undue advantage of
the trust
we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent
mail.Please reply to EMAIL: (barristerdavidjames@myway.com)
Regards
MRS TINA PETERS

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