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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• 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.
  • luise1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Luise Hernandez" <luisehernandez1@msn.com>
Reply-To: hernandez2@walla.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:44:42 +0000
Subject: Seeking Your Due Consent

FROM THE DESK OF

 

MR LUISE HERNANDEZ

 

DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN BILLS

 

INTERNATIONALE DE BANCO DE MALLORCA

 

E-MAIL : hernondez_luise1@yahoo.com

 

Paseo de Illetas 7
07015 Palma de Mallorca / Mallorca
Spain.

 

Regarding ,

 

I got your address via the internet personality search with the Spanish chamber of commerce and I wish to solicate your cooperation for this business of great magnitude however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.

 

I am Mr. Luise Hernandez a personal accountant and financial adviser , and work with a bank (one of the Spanish leading banks in the West Coast) .

 

Here in this bank existed a dormant account number IBA for the past years which belong to Mr. Arphur Kenedy a  national of your country,  who is now late as you can confirm through this wedsite (www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html).

 

After going through your profile and with great commitment to prayer and fasting ,I felt relieved and alleviated in spirit and decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.

 

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this a ccount for this long period, I decided by the virtue of my official position in this establishment to carry out a system investigation and discovered that none of the family members nor relations is aware of this account nor have shown up for claims despite all effort to contact any of the living relation  without any result, This is the story in a nutshell.

Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this find.

 

Thereafter, I have planned to destroy all related documents to this account.

 

It is a careful network and for the past years I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

 

The amount is not so much at the moment but plus all the accumulated interest,  the balance in this account stands at- US$1.7million US dollars (One Million and Seven  Hundred Thousand United states Dollars).

 

Now my questions are:-

 

1. Can you handle this project?

 

2. Can i entrust you with this fund?

 

3. Can you sponsor this project? if so, What will be your commission?

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

 

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

 

I Expect your urgent response and Coperations  if you can handle this project.

 

Thanks and remain blessed.

 

Respectfully yours,

 

Mr Luise Hernandez

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