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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +442076924779
• 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.
  • chrisjonesrepresentatives@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Grace Cole" <gracecole03@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:03:49 +0200
Subject: Your Kindness is Urgently Needed!

>From the Office of - United States Ambassador of United Kingdom, - United
States Consulate,
Payment Officer in London (Dr CHRIS JONES).

Tele:+44 7783807282, Fax:+44-20-7692-4779

REF:USEMBASSY/LLNH/1.VOL211A2/2006

DATE:.8th January 2007

Kind Attention of: Legitimate Beneficiary of Accured Contract Payment in
United Kingdom.

This is to notify you, the United States Consulate in United Kingdom. have
taken over the Payment and Transfer of your Accured Contract Funds with the
interest to be paid to you accordingly.

Sir/Madam

The Bank of England, Abbey Bank, Barclays Bank, Ministry of Finance
london-Uk, Ministry of Justice united Kingdom and all the public
corporations in London have failed you concerning the Final Payment and
Transfer of your Total Accured Contract Funds Millions of United States
Dollars. Even the Office of the Prime Minister,Her Majesty Queen of England,
House of Lords and the House of Commons of United Kingdom have totally
failed you concerning the final Final Payment and Transfer of your Total
Accured Contract Funds. They gave you Guarantees, Assurances and Promises
and they did not keep to their Guarantee, Assurances and Promises after they
collected one Fee or the other from you.

Bases on these disappointments and failures from the British Government, the
United States Consulate in London-Uk have taken over the Final Payment and
Transfer of your Accured Contract Funds so that we make sure that you
receive your Total Accured Contract Funds immediately.

We have signed a Take-Over Agreement with the Government of Britain and we
are going to make sure that you received your Accured Contract Funds of
Millions of United States Dollars only in your bank account once and for
all. We are doing this for you because we represent the image and government
of the United States of America and her citizens in the United Kingdom and
we shall make sure that you receive your Total Accured Contract Funds
without further delay. Note that the British Government have a Reserve Bank
Account with J P Morgan Chase Bank which is located at 270 Park Avenue New
York USA and we shall transfer your funds from there without any risk
involvement into your bank account from this Reserve Bank Account of the
Government
of United Kingdom and we shall do it for you immediately you follow our
advise accordingly.

Note that we shall authorize J P Morgan Chase Bank New York , USA to remit
your total fund with accured interest into your account immediately.

I shall contact you again by Fax to advise you on your payment Transfer when
I receive your fax message or email response at
(chrisjonesrepresentatives@yahoo.co.uk).
Fax line: +44-20-7692-4779, Tele: +44 7783807282 and your bank account
details for this final payment and transfer of your Total Accured Contract
Funds.


May I revert to you again later today when we hear from you. I am waiting
for your swift response immediately you receive this Fax at the office of
Mr Chris Jones(chrisjonesrepresentatives@yahoo.co.uk) I thank you for your
understanding of this intervention of the United States Consulate in
London-UK

In God We Trust.

Ms Grace Cole,
For United States Ambassador in United Kingdom

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