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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.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • houghton_crownchambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter Houghton" <crownchambers_peterhoughton1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: houghton_crownchambers@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 11:11:27 -0500
Subject: Can i confide in your in regards to late Mr. Alexander Litvinenko fund deposit??

Crown Office Chambers
Temple
London
EC4Y 7HJ
United Kingdom
Direct Telephone; 00-44-7053-804251.
Direct Fax; 00-44-8712-648600
Email:houghton_crownchambers@yahoo.com

Greetings,

I am Barrister Peter Houghton of Crown Office Chambers, a solicitor at law.
I am the personal attorney to Late Mr. Alexander Litvinenko, A Russian
ex-Spy in London who was poison with polonium-210 and died on the 23rd of
November 2006 at the University College Hospital here in Central London.

Before his death my client made a secret and confidential confession to me
that he was poisoned by his Russian Associates.Two weeks before his death my
client handed to me a portfolio which contains some deposit documents with
security code numbers of a deposit worth of £2,500,000,00 British Pounds in
a merchant bank which i cannot disclose to you now.

As his personal Attorney i believe that his associates will be coming after
me because my client never told me why they poisoned him rather in his
confession he told me not to disclose the portfolio to his associates or any
one in the family and that i should be very careful, since his death i have
not been myself that is why i contacted you to assist me as a
Foreigner,First to claim this funds in which i will give you the security
codes and every legal backing documents to claim the funds forinvestment
purpose at which i will give you 40% of this funds for your assistance and
also invest with you in your country, I assure you that there is no risk in
this transaction and there will be no trace of the transfer,

Please be informed that this is very confidential, if you are interested
write to me in my private email: houghton_crownchambers@yahoo.com

Thank you.

Barr, Peter Houghton.

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