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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 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.
  • gcarolgordonn1@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?CarolGordon?= <carolgordonn1@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: 8carolgordonn@myway.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 02:17:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HAPPY TO KNOW YOU


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gcarolgordonn1@yahoo.com.hk

FROM MRS CAROL GORDON

Dear.

You may be surprised to receive this unsolicited mail

as it may appear to be. Sorry to bother you any way.


Glory be to God, My names are MRS. CAROL GORDON from

America married to MR. RICHARDS GORDON who works with

British embassy in England.


We were both married for years without children.


I do not intend to waste much of your time, my husband

left some money for me which i intend to give out for

charity purpose,to a God fearing individual or firm

that will received and use the money to help

ORPHANGES,WIDOWS,and PROPAGATE THE WORD OF GOD. I am

looking for someone that I can trust to handle this

funds.


Because of my present condition of my health problem

that is while i took this decision to give the money

out is that since i do not have a child and due to my

husbands belief in giving to the less previlage and

before my husband died we both decided to give the

money out for charity works that was our wish. And i

want to carry out my husbands wish so that he will be

happy with me where ever he may be.


The truth of the matter is i know that based on what

is going on all over the internet, people find it very

difficult to assist one another and also find it

difficult to believe issues like this but i assure you

that as soon as you can garantee me of your trust and

honestly i will be able to work with you.


As soon as you get intouch with me i will tell you all

the modalities that is invovled in this project.


May God bless you.


Mrs. Carol Gordon.



- CarolGordon

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