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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.
  • paulvalere06@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paulvalere@terra.es" <paulvalere@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:46:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: From Paul Valere



>From Paul Valere

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Paul Valere of the Zenith Bank Plc. I seek your assistance to help me claim the said sum of USD$9.500,000.00 (Nine Million Five Hundred United States Dollars) ,which has been deposited in my Bank for the past Six years!.

A German contractor who reside in Nigeria, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$9,500,000.00 (Nine Million Five hundred thousand Dollars) with Zenith Bank Plc since the year 2000. Ever since then, a routine notification has been sent several times to him, without reply.

In 2003, I discovered from his contract employee that my client is dead,Unfortunately, was a victim of the AF4590 German Concorde plane that crashed in France.Please check the site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm. On further investigation the entire family was in the plane, and no declaration of inheritance on the deposit made to the Bank, as he intend to invest in Asia.

I have made several researches since 2003 till December last year, to Reach any of his relatives or family member for claim, but with no avail and the management of the Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc is planning to confiscate the fund's pretty soon, since the interest is being Rolled over with the principal sum for many years.

Going by the usual statutory rules governing our operation, the said Amount shall be handed over to the relevant government authorities as an unclaimed deposit within the next three months Details shall be made available to you as soon as I hear from you. Please when you finish reading this mail, reply me to my private Email:paulvalere06@yahoo.com.

Thanks & God Bless!

Regards,

Mr.Paul Valere.






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