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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.
  • charles1_s@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • cbnchrls@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison mccqueeney" <mccqueeney2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_mccqueeney@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:22:36 -0700
Subject: Hsbc Bank London, Transfer Already Have Alert Read okay friend

 

 

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Hi  Friend.

This  is  Dr  Mccqueeney  Harrison.

Fron  Hsbc  Bank  London.

let  us  ask  you  a  question  wether  you  want  your  Transfer  Fund  to  dormant  account  in  swiss  world  Bank  because  we  Banker  knows  how  coverage  we  are  giving  to  covers  your  transfer  because   united  nation  dont  want  surch  transfer  fund  to  be  delaying  too  much  to  avoid   what  happen  united  state  at  september  11  in  new  york  that  is  why  we  are  always  informing  you  to  get  this  last  Tax  clearance  paper  from  charles  soludo  to  attach  in  your  file  because  your  file  is  already  cheecked  by  clearing  house  but  remain  only  This  single  paper  to  contact  your  bank  and  credit  fifteen  million  Dollars  on  your  behalf  while  you  are  delaying  us  now.

kindly  for  good  sake  contact  charles  soludo  get  this  last  paper  and  see  your  miracle  of  transfer  fund  we  have  already  devoted  our  mind  to  credit  your  fund  this  time  around.

i  have  already  gave  you  email  address   and  phone  of  charles  soludo  from  central  bank  as  governor  dont  contact  another  person  to  avoid  those  illegal  people.

see   charles  soludo   email  to  avoid  those  bad  elements.

email >  charles1_s@hotmail.com    another  email >  cbnchrls@yahoo.com   phone >  234-805-5462866   or   234-803-4826233    do  not  transact  with  another  email  address  to  save  your  email  not  to  get  contact  of  Bad  Eggs.

Regards  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney   Hsbc  Bank  London.

 

 

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