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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447011135343 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • @hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Robert Hillman" <robertce1@rya-online.net>
Reply-To: robertce_hillman20@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:30:09 GMT
Subject: hello......My Request

My Request
I am Robert Hillman a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment
UK- and I handle all our Investor’s capital Project Funds
that enables me to divert 1.2 Percent Investors Excess
Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds Account
whereby anyone can be presented to claim the funds. On this
note, the total sum of 16.8Million Great British Pounds GBP
(Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand GBP) has been
diverted representing the
1.2 Percent Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor
Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006. I need a reliable and
trustworthy person. That can work this deal out with me so
that we can claim the funds as mentioned above.

There is no risk attached and the funds in question can
never be dictated or traced. Our sharing ratio is 50:50.
If you are interested, please send your direct telephone
numbers through my home email address
(robertce_hillman15yahoo.it ) for a smooth discussion of
this deal in further details.
Fidelity Investment UK-
www.fidelity-international.com.
Sincerely,
Robert Hillman.
call +447011135343



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