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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.
  • charles1_s@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • cbnchrls@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison mccqueeney" <mccqueeney2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_mccqueeney@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:01:01 -0700
Subject: Hsbc Bank london, your transfer is progress read well

 

 

 

Attn  sir.

 

i  am  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney   from  Hsbc  bank  London  u. k.

 

This  is  phone  number  to  call   our  bank  because  of  your  transfer  fund :  phone :

  44 70457 00188    44 70457 00189

 

This  is  email   official  now  to  contact  your  bank  from  Hsbc  Bank  London  : 
hsbc@hlondon0.orangehome.co.uk
mccqueeney@mccqueeney1.orangehome.co.uk

 

today  after  our  annual  meeting  end  of  the  year  we  decided  to  write  you  email  as  mr  Dave  Miller  our  auditor  advice  us  to  contact  as  urgent  to  make  move  regarding  your  last  paper  which  was  with  central  bank  of  west  africa  in  hand  of  the  central  bank  governor  prof  charles  soludo  for  you  to  get  a  serious  contact  with  him  regarding  your  last  paper  of  claim  otherwise  your  transfer  shall  get  lost.

 

This  out  come  on  geting  last  paper  of  claim  was  since  setember  11  terrorist  attack  in  newyork  that  is  why  united  nation  order  our  hsbc  bank  that  any  transfer  fund  shall  have  paper  of  claim  .

 

so  kindly  contact  charles  soludo  for  this  last  paper  as  we  can  send  your  transfer  by  all  means.

 

see  charles  soludo  email  contact  to  get  intouch  with  him  today  about  your  last  paper  to  transfer  your  fund.

 

name  is  charles  soludo  cbn.

 

email  :  charles1_s@hotmail.com     or  email :  cbnchrls@yahoo.com    phone :  234-805-5462866

 

please  bear  in  mind  that  the  Governor  of  central  bank  charles   soludo  told  us  that  the  fees has  come  down  because  christmas   bonanza ,  so  contact  him  in  this  two  email   above.  for  your  last  paper.

 

Regards   Dr  Mccqueeney  in  London  hsbc  bank.

 

or  call  me  in  London  :  44 70457 00188      (or)     44 70457 00189  .

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