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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • b23400b@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IVAN MORGAN" <b23416b@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: b23400b@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:17:47 -0600
Subject: HOLOCAUST ERA DEBT

Dear Sir/ Madam,

This EMAIL did not get to you as an error. I am Ivan Morgan, working with a
financial sector in UK and also a board member of British Club. HSBC Bank is
among charged with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in United
Kingdom and Switzerland belonging to non indigenes, which have remained
dormant since World War II. It may interest you to know that since July of
1997, the Swiss Banker's Association announced a list of dormant accounts
originally opened by non-Swiss Citizens, followed by British Banker’s
Association. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II
(May 9, 1945).Most belonged to Holocaust victims. A dormant account of a
citizen of your country with a credit balance valued at Nineteen Million
pounds sterling (£19,000,000.00) in my branch plus accumulated interest was
discovered by me. The beneficiary on record was a gold and diamond merchant
murdered during the holocaust era, leaving no WILL and no possible records
for trace of theirs. The banks has been mandated to report all unclaimed
funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit
balance into the treasury of UK government as provided by the law for
management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died in Holocaust living
no wills.

Could you perhaps be able to receive these funds under legal claims then I
will fill you in. There is no risk involved at all both in the matter as we
are going to adopt a legalized method. The funds being safe for use in
investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a
foreigner to HELP claim the funds, and we can share the funds. All that is
required is for you to provide me with your details for processing of the
necessary administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you as
legitimate inheritance from Holocaust era debt. Kindly provide me with full
introduction about yourself, family background, classification, address and
telephone/fax for transfer of the funds to you in your name and country via
the corresponding bank of which you will be capable of accessing the funds
gradually and transferring to your country and other banks of choice in the
world. Am aware that you might not be related to the holocaust victim
account holder but I want you to stand for rightfully yours as a family
member and I will fill you in since I have all the details for the transfer
proper, this only requires a private arrangement and is a top secret. The
Holocaust Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting
Submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement. You can find
additional information about claimed and unclaimed funds through the
internet at the following websites:

http://www.swissbankclaims.com
http://www.icheic.org
http://www.livingheirs.com
http://www.wiesenthal.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3346275.stm
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9902/09/germany.holocaust/
http://www.bba.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=367&a=3454

The request of foreigner as executor in this approach is occasioned by fact
that the account holder was a foreigner and no worker in my department by
law should act as executor or trustee. And please do not be embarrass about
how and why you are being contacted and chosen to execute this project as
trustee. The content of this letter is reality, and remember this is without
prejudice to your interest. Contact me to provide you with every
information to proceed and succeed.

Yours Sincerely,
Ivan Morgan
HSBC Bank,UK.

b23400b@katamail.com

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