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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.
• This email message is a "dying merchant" 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.
  • perbinyamin@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GIVE TO CHARITY <perebinyamin@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: perbinyamin@aim.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:07 +0300 (IDT)
Subject: GIVE ALL TO CHARITY (Awaiting Your Response)


Dear Kind-Hearted Reciepient, REPLY E-MAIL:
PERBINYAMIN@AIM.COM

Greetings to you and Please permit me to introduce myself. I
am Mr. Binyamin Perez an Israeli National and a crude oil
Merchant before I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer which
has defied all medical solutions and according to medical
experts I only have a few more months to live.
As you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it
is a universal truth that we all must die someday, the only
problem with mine though being that I have particularly not
lived my life well in spite of my wealth and possessions as
I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my
business.

Though I was very rich I was never generous, I was never
caring about people but only dedicated my time and resources
on my business as that was the only thing I cared about. But
now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to
life than just accumulating all the wealth in the world as I
lay helplessly on my sick bed. If I was given a second
chance to live again I sure would live my life a different
way from how I have lived it owing to what has befallen me
now. As my last days alive are drawing closer and closer I
have already willed out most of my properties and assets to
my immediate and extended family members as well as a few
close friends.

I also want my soul to be at peace with God and for him to
be merciful on me and accept my soul and to this regard I
have resolved to give my remaining funds to charity
organizations as I want this to stand as one of the last
deeds I indulge in on earth before I die. Though I have
already distributed money to some charity organizations, Now
that my health has deteriorated so badly I can no longer
continue with this myself and also I do not trust my
immediate family members or close friends on this as I have
once asked them to close one of my accounts and distribute
the funds therein to charity organizations in Bulgaria,Sri-
Lanka India and Pakistan they greedily kept the money to
themselves. Hence I am contacting you with this as I have
lost confidence in them because it is obvious they are not
contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my funds which no one knows of is a cash deposit
of Eighteen million U.S Dollars (18Mn USD) with a bank in
Europe. All I am asking of you is to allow me make you the
beneficiary to take over control of this cash deposit and
dispatching the funds to any charity of your choice after
keeping 30% of the funds for yourself and your family.10% of
these funds should be to cover any expenses that might be
incurred in the process of making this claims.

Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are
capable and sincere to handle this transaction on my behalf
so I can forward you with all relevant documents necessary
for the claims and the name of the security firm where the
funds are deposited.
God bless you as I await words from you. Please inform as
soon as possible
if you are not interested so I can proceed to seek for
someone else to carry out this on my behalf. Find attached a
picture of me along with this email for your perusal.

Please respond to me on this email address if you are
willing to assist me,
PERBINYAMIN@AIM.COM

May God Bless You.

Mr. Binyamin Perez ( KINDLY REPLY TO: PERBINYAMIN@AIM.COM )

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