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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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• 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.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • davidcrownme01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Action Planner/ Recruitment <davidcrownme30@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <davidcrownme01@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:06:50 +0000
Subject: Work As Our Investment Manager/Book-Keeper To Earn $350 Weekly



ACTION PLANNER/RECRUITMENTWerner & Elisabeth Schwlerstrasse 3b CH-8712 Stafa Switzerland.Telephone: +41 435 002 177Email: davidcrownme01@hotmail.com
Hello Sir/Madam, Compliments of the day,my name is Dr David Crown a Swiss coordinator for the above organization but grew up in China so pls bear with my English Writing and spellings.Action Planning is one of the world non-profit organizations each year helping a hundreds not-for-profit but to raise funds and recruit key people and plan ahead for the less previledge.Have you heard that UNILS is at it again?Be part of this year 2007 resettlement program!UNILS will be resettling over two million displaced people from Africa, Asia and the Middle East to Live in USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.UNIVERSAL LIBERTY SERVICES (UNILS) is an International non-profit,relief and development organization created to help children orphaned by war,widows,the poor and the less privileged.To also provide shelter and care for the sick around the world,mostly citizens of the third world countries.They are committed to meeting the needs of these peoples regardless of race,religion or creed.

UNILS have been resettling refugees and the less privileged from different parts of the world since 1981 in collaboration with the UNHCR,(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)and other non-governmental organization.We are mandated to serve the needy people of the world;to alleviate their suffering and to promote transformation of their condition and life.As we all know the year of 2007 in Europe is devoted to development of new charity projects.Even though our company is working in the different field;we have decided to work on the development of a totally new branch.Our biggest impact is accomplished through our national charity grants.Throughout the year of 2007,we will work on raising fund and contribute donations to the national charity fund to make the poor ones smile again.

Current investors working with us are devoting their business to contribution of their financial resources into the development of new hospitals,new schools and medical centers all over the world.Due to the lack of staff in our company,we have decided to involve private individuals who would like to work without disturbing their present occupation.If you are interested in having a part time job and helping the world to become a better place for everyone,then this offer might be a good chance for you.We introduce you the position of Investment Manager and your responsibilities include the reception of payments from our investors in the US to your personal bank account,cashing and remmitting the balance thru Western Union or Money Gram after the deduction of your 10%,depositing and withdrawing funds immediately or clearing within 24hrs and remittance of funds to our brokers in the countries with victims as will be advised in further emails.

Four steps on how and what to do in this job has been listed above i.e (1)Payment delivered to you via UPS can either be cashed on counter in your bank(2)Deposit to withdraw funds immediately(3)Deposit to clear Checks within 24hrs,Finally send the remaining 90% via western union or money gram.You are to deduct 10% from every transaction executed by you and that will help as a motivating factor and make you to take part in the process of helping others.If you think that there might be good way for you to earn extra money, please do not hesitate and proceed to contact the coordinator via email davidcrownme01@hotmail.com with the below following information.NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION IS REQUIRED FROM YOUR END.Kindly feel free to call my cell number anytime here in Switzerland and like I said I grew up in China so pls don't mind my English.Thank you for your udnerstanding.

PLS REPLY WITH THE SUBJECT (INTERESTED TO WORK WITH ACTION PLANNER)

1. YOUR FULL NAMES: 2. YOUR CURRENT PHYSICAL HOME ADDRESS FOR SAFE DELIVERY AND NOT P.O.BOX: 3. YOUR WORK PHYSICAL ADDRESS FOR SAFE DELIVERY AND NOT P.O.BOX:3. YOUR CURRENT TELEPHONE/MOBILE AND FAX NUMBER:4. YOUR GENDER/AGE: 5. OCCUPATION: 6. HAVE YOU BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME BEFORE:...........................................IF YES,WHAT IS THE CRIME?...................................................................................
Dr David CrownAction Planning.
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