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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024083561 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "paul bryant" <paul54bryant@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bryantpaul@accountant.com
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:08:24 -0800
Subject: Call me immediately between 8.00am - 6.00pm GMT

FROM: PAUL BRYANT
TEL: +44 702-408-3561; +44 703-189-8142

Good day,

I am Mr. Paul Bryant, I am working as an auditor in account/audit
verification department in BOS London United Kingdom.

During our Mid Year account verification/auditing held on 1st June 2006, I
personaly discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $75,000,000.00
[SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS]

The owner of this dormant account died on 4th Jan 2002. Since the death of
the deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover, this
account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, this fund will be
confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it stays dormant for a period
of [5] years.

In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this
dormant fund out of our bank to avoid confiscating this fund. I will split
the transfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth transfer.
First, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to you, upon a successful transfer
without any disappointment from your side; I will then transfer the
remaining balance of $70,000,000.00 for gigantic investments.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project, get back to me for more
details.

Call me immediately between 8.00am - 6.00pm GMT
+44 702-408-3561; +44 703-189-8142

My Private Email: paulbryant@accountant.com

I wait for your urgent response.
Yours truly,
Paul Bryant

NB: This is a Top Secret Project; 100% Legitimate and safe for both of us,
thus, never disclose it to any third party.

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