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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • james_accountant@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Allin James" <allin-james_accountant@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:29:30 +0200
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY

FROM: MR.ALLIN JAMES.
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
BRAAMFONTEIN BRANCH
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
SMS- DIRECT: +27837_260533.

COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY,

I write, humbly soliciting for your support in the matter that I will want
to bring to your notice. I am executive in the area of accounts and finance
of the Standard bank of South Africa (SBSA). I contacted you hoping that you
will support and work in partnership with me to transfer this very money in
his account in his name as the beneficiary of the fund but I want a reliable
someone who will work with me as a team with one mind and one spirit for our
mutual benefits.

So I just want you to stand as the owner because with my present position I
will redeem the sum of (US$9,000,000.00) from SBSA through your name as a
foreign partner who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to a local bank here, but can be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of The account Mr.
Natarajan Pasupathy was a foreigner and this money, needs to Involve a
foreign account according to bank procedures.

So I only need your full co-operation in order for both of us to make this
deal smoothly because the management is ready to approve this payment to
whoever that has correct information to this very account of which I will
give to you later, if you are able to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual
benefits because this opportunity will never come again in my life.

I need your strong assurance; honesty trust and reliability because with my
position now in this office there is nothing to be afraid.
This fund is being held at the braamfontein branch of SBSA under Eastrand
Investments in the name of Mr. Natarajan Pasupathy as the trustee of the
account. The bank has declared the account dormant since Jan 2003.This sum
of money was discovered during our last general auditing of the bank's
accounts and holdings. Our investigation and inquiries in the transactions
of Eastrand Investments revealed that Mr. Natarajan Pasupathy a citizen of
Indian registered the company in 1992.

I will arrange for the necessary back up documents \ paper works that the
bank may be required in the transaction and I will use my position and
contacts that I have now in my office to obtain approval and transfer of
the funds to your account base on your capability and your honesty to me.

I intend to invest this fund in a Joint Partnership Company at your country
but at the conclusion of this transaction with you I will offer you 30% of
the total sum of this fund at the end of the transaction with me, Please
note that 5% has been set aside for any expenses that may occur from both
parties as a result of the success of this transaction. You are therefore
advised to keep in tact all receipts of expanses like telephone bills, or
any other expenses as the case may be for the sole purpose of this matter, I
wish contact be made via my personal
email(allin-james_accountant@hotmail.com)And give me your personal direct
mobile fax number for easy communication on this deal. I am waiting for your
urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Allin James Director (Foreign Operations)
Standard bank of South Africa.

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