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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.
  • max_richwell12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Richard Max" <m2_richwell2001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: max_richwell12@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:12:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: My Request


My Request

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics.
I will first introduce myself as Mr. Richard Maxwell, a staff in the Private Clients Section of a well-known bank, here in Edinburgh,United Kindom.
One of our accounts, with holding balance of 16.8Million Great British Pounds GBP (Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand GBP) with Standard Life Bank (SLB) has been dormant and last operated three years ago.
From my investigations and confirmation, the owner of the said account, a foreigner by name John Shumejda died on the January 5, 2002 Posted: 2:08 AM EST (0708 GMT) in a plane crash in Birmingham; you can view this CNN Website Report.http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/
for details On the crash.
since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of either the account or the funds; and also Information from the National Immigration also states that he was single on entry into the UK.

This is simple, As soon as I receive an acknowledge of the receipt of this message in Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the processing of the document of claims.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.
On your interest,Please do send me your telephone number through my home email address (max_richwell12@yahoo.com) So that we can have a smooth communication/URGENTLY.

Warm Regards
Mr. Richard Maxwell.



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