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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.
  
• 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.
  • malgbroz@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Malgorzata Broza <malgbroz@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:41:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: JOB VACANCY


SHARK TOURIST SHIP COMPANY CANADA.
1050 Sherbrooke Street West H3A 2R6
Montreal..CA.OTTAWA, Canada.
Tel: +1-413-829-2478 - Fax:+1-815-364-1722.
The most productive hydrographic survey platform in the world!


Hello, from Canada,
The management of shark tourist ship line company Canada, need's worker's from all part's of the world both black and white, we will help to bring you over here in Canada through the authority of the immigration bureau as a legal immigrant, we will pay for your ticket and you will get your visa from our embassy in your country, If you wants to come to Canada as a tourist our company will help you and send an invitation letter to you so that you will be able to get a tourist/work visa there in our embassy, in your country. So that you will come over here as a tourist with the tourist permit authorization from the immigration bureau lawyer Ottawa Canada.
If you are interested please contact me with this e-mail address,
malgbroz@yahoo.com


Thanks from the shark ship company Canada. For mor Information visit...... http://www.sharktourist.s5.com






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