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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • tinaroland_ceostarenergygroup1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tinaroland_ceostarenergygroup@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tina=20Roland?= <tinaroland_ceostarenergygroup1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:28:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Represent and Make Money


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : tinaroland_ceostarenergygroup1@yahoo.fr

Hello,

Not a Bot. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce a part time job to you,

I am Mrs Tina Roland member of STAR ENERGY GROUP PLC, we are registered with the department of petroleum resources of OPEC we deal on crude oil and liquidified natural gas marketing and supplies into the Canada/America and Europe. We will want to solicit for your assistance to collect CHEQUE/WIRE TRANSFERS that is due for payment to us for services and supplies we rendered.



Please if you are willing to work, I will want you to furnish me with your

particulars, so as to enable us give you further details. Please, you have to be an honest and trusted person, as more payments will be made through you in the course of this transaction.

And more so you will be entitled to 5% of every payment that you are able to receive for us from our customers.



Please contact us for more information via email

(tinaroland_ceostarenergygroup@yahoo.com)

with the below informations filled out.



NAME: ............................



MAILING ADDRESS:...................



AGE: .............................



STATUS:............................



STATE/COUNTRY:.....................



TEL/FAX NUMBERS:...................



CELL PHONE:........................



COMPANY NAME: ....................



OCCUPATION: ......................



NAME OF YOUR BANK:.................



We look forward in working with you.



Mrs Tina Roland

STAR ENERGY GROUP PLC.

17 new road esher surrey kt10 9nu

Tel: 0044 703 190 8084

Email: tinaroland_ceostarenergygroup@yahoo.com

- Tina Roland

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