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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • beneso20@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: esoben@microcamp.com.br
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:13:55 -0200
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!!!!




Naturally, this letter will come to you as asurprise,since I am Barrister Eso
Ben contacting youto kindly assist me in the proposition below, whichwill be
of mutual benefit to us both.





PROPOSITIONA salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of ageand a very
prosperous farmer made a huge bankdeposit for investment in the sum of
US$21.2 Million(Twntyone.two Million, United States Dollars)henamed his wife
Mrs. Helga Videurre as the NEXT OFKIN . I was called upon as an Accredited
Attorney tothe bank to sign and endorse documents to thisdeposit on Mr.
Videurre?s behalf.Unfortunately, Mr.& Mrs. Videurre were killed in the
January 14,earthquake that rocked El Salvador ,killingthousands of people and
1200 others were declaredmissing. The bank management now mandates me
(beingthe lawyer that signed and endorsed the depositpapers for the deceased
to trace the familyrelatives of the dece! ased so that the fund will
bereleased to them.





I was made to understand that they had no children.Imade several efforts
through the El Salvador HighCommission in Lagos to contact any of the
deceasedfamily relatives, but to no avail.Failure to reachany of the family
relatives of the deceased , theonly option left for the Bank?s Management is
todeclare the deceased account dormant and revert thefund on trading and
investment in the interest ofthe bank.In order to avoid this development
since ithas so farbeen impossible to trace any of thedeceased family
relatives. I now seek yourpermission and assistance to have you stand as
adistant relatives to the deceased. So that the fundcan be released to you
and we can use it for ourmutual benefit.





I hope you do understand my concern in thismatteris, that if we do not use
this opportunity toclaim this fund , since the deceased relative! scannot be
traced,the management of the bank willdeclare the deceased?s account dormant
and revertthe fund on Trading and Investment in the interestof the bank.For
your assistance, you will becompensated adequately with(40%) of the total
sum(55%) will be my own share while (5%) will be setaside to coverany
incidental expense made both athome and abroad prior to this transaction.If
you areinterested in assisting me with this matter, pleasesend to me urgently
via my EMAIL the followingdetails below:





Your Full Name:_____________________Your Complete
Address:________________________Name of City of
Residence:________________________ Date of Birth
(Day/Month/Year):__________________Direct Telephone Number:
____________________mobile Number: ____________________________Fax
Number:___________________________________





Upon receiving the above details from you, I willwork out eve! ry
documents/proof representing you asthe deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative
and whenthis is done, you will be contacted by the bank forthe release and
collection of this fund, which willbe within one week of my receiving the
above detailsfrom you .I will meet with you in your country fordisbursement
after the fund might have been releasedto you and also to discuss investment
potentials asI will like to invest in your country with yourassistance.Be
assured that this transaction is 100%risk free,as I have taken care of all
necessarymodalities to enable a hitch free transaction.Kindlyensure to treat
this matter in strict privacy(HighlyConfidential).





EMAIL ME VIA:beneso20@yahoo.co.uk





yours sincerely





Barrister Eso Ben


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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