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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • cm2000a@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kennedy Moore <kennedymoorep12@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: morkennedy@myway.com
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 00:51:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Kennedy Moore

I am Kennedy Moore,the external auditor of a Bank.During the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account again.After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a Heir apparent to the throne, hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account because since the original owner was a foreigner too, thus the money could only be approved into a foreign account.As a matter of urgency,I will inform you the next step to take,when you indicate your willingness and capability to go ahead in the business.I need your full co-operation to make this business a success,because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account,which I will give to you,upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down.

To prove the authenticity of the business I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries,foreign exchange departments, embassy and Board of Internal Revenue Services.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount,60% will be for me,while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my private email address.

Yours truly

Kennedy Moore.
Tel:+874-763591545
Fax:+874-763591546
email: cm2000a@myway.com




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