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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:
  • "you will be given 30%" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • caleb333martins@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "caleb martins" <calebbmartins@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: caleb333martins@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:23:20 +0200
Subject: TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

FROM: DR. CALEB MARTINS
5 RIDER HAGGARD CLOSE, 2001
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27-83-929-3300
Email : caleb333martins@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
My greetings,
TRANSFER OF (US$10.5 MILLION) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED
STTESDOLLARS

We want to transfer to overseas (US$10.5 Million) from the AmalgamatedBank
of South Africa ABSA.I want to ask you toquietly look for a reliable and
honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank
account or to set up a new bank account immediately to
receive this money, even an empty account can serve to receive this money,
as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important
business,trustinginyou and believing in God that you will never let me down
either now or in future.

I am Dr. Caleb Martins, the Auditor General of ABSA, during the course of
our auditing, I discovered a floating fund inan account opened in the bank
in 1990 and since 1993nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner
of the account died without a heir; hence the money is floating and if I do
notremit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
of this accountis Mr. Allan P. Seaman, a foreigner and an industrialist,he
died since 1993. And no other person knows about this account or anything
concerning it,the account has no otherbeneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that
Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager of Diamond Safari (Pty.)
South Africa.

We want to transfer this sum US$10.5 million (Ten Million five hundred
thousand US Dollars) into a safe foreignersaccount abroad, but I don?t know
any foreigner,I am only contacting you as aforeignerbecause this money can
not be approved to a local person here, but
can only be approved to any foreigner with validinternational passport or
drivers licence. The
money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the account Mr. Allan P.
Seaman is a foreigner too and the money canonly be approved into a foreign
account. Considering the recommendation I received in your favour by the
South Africa Chamber of Commerce as regards your suitability and
reliability in carrying outthistransaction,I hereby craveyour indulgence to
co-operate with me
in this mutually beneficiary transaction. I am revealing this to you,
believing in God that you will never let medown in this business,you are the
first and the only personthat I am contacting for this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the nextstep to take. Please while
replying include your privatetelephone and fax numbers including the full
details of the
account to be used for the deposit.Also note that upon yourreply, we may opt
for telephone and fax communication,asthis channel may not be safe for the
transaction. With my influence and the position of the bank official wecan
transfer this money to any foreigner?s reliable account
that you can provide with assurance thatthis money will be intact pending
our physical arrival in your country for shari ng. The bank official will
destroy all documentsof transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place.

As you receive this fund in your account.I will use my position and
influence to obtain legal approvals for I willapply for annual leave to get
visa immediately. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30%
of the total amount, 5% processing of the transfer,while the remaining 65%
will be my.Please if you are interested inthis transaction, contact me with
these telephone and numbers above and I will give youthe procedure of the
business.

I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours sincerely,
DR. CALEB MARTINS

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