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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • kevinmartins2005@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kevin martins <kevinmartins2005@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 18:00:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENTREPLY


SEED HARVEST MINISTRY
EMAIL kevinmartins2005@yahoo.co.uk
Calvary Greetings.
I am a preacher with the Seed Harvest Ministry,and I will like to get advice from you.I believe the advice I need is secular to some extent,but do have the patience to understand my intention.
A few year's ago I was in Liberia were I had established a little congregation where I preached regularly,but the civil war escaleted and the church was converted to a hospital of sourghts. On one faith full day three Nigerian Soldiers came to me and left trunks of Money with me and swore to come back for it.
When the war in Liberia intensified I deposited this box in a security vault ,I was escorted by the ECOMOG soliers who felt the content of the trunks were documents and never cared to check the trunks,I was air lifted to England with other refugees then,I stayed in England and when I was getting fraustrated I returned to London where i am ministering presently only to find out that two of the three Soldiers died in Battle while the last was decleared MIA (Missing in Action).
After thorough investigation of the trunk boxes,i discovered that the three trunk boxes had a total amount of four million united stae dollars United States Dollars which was unknown to me from the very begining. Considering the fact that there was no possiblility of the soldiers coming back for their funds,arrangements were immediately made to have the funds deposited in a suspence account with a commercial bank in the Netherlands.
I am interested in using a small fraction of this money,much less than one percent for a re organisation of the work,but I do not need the rest and do not want to have any direct dealing with it.but I need someone who will be able to use the fund better maybe for charity or something universally profitable,I have thought of doing it myself but,my ministry is the apocalypse and I believe and preach the soon coming of the Lord which make me not indulgent in reliance on money or wealth in any form.
I will be glad if you have any interest in the direction of maybe managing or transmitting the fund as you prefer in your capacity and understanding.
please if you are interested,i would want you to send me the following informations:
1.your legitimate name,
2.your contact address,
3.your phone number,
4.your fax number.
with all these informations,i will take it that you are interested and the funds will be transferred to you in provision of the above informations,and as such you will be the only one who can lay claims to the fund and then,i will give you all the relevant information with which you can lay ckaims to the funds.but i want you to note clearly that you will pay for the activation of the account before you can be given full access to the account and you will promise me that you will use the fund for good deeds.
I will be glad to get a response from you to show your interest.
Regards,
pastor kevin
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT THE BANK AND MAKE LEGAL CLAIM OF THIS FUNDS EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY IN ORDER I CAN EFFECT THE BENEFICIARY TO YOUR NAME. AT MY LONDON BASED MINSTRY WHERE I AM CONDUCTING A HEALING SERVICE TO CANCER PATIENTS.
REGARDS,
pastor kevin martins





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