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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.
  • jgeorge124@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James George" <james_george666@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jgeorge124@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:40:22 -0500
Subject: HELLO

Dearest,

First,I must solicit your confidence in this transaction this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and secret.Though
I know that transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive and worried. But I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day.I have decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction, as well have been reliably and convince
of your discreetness and ability in the transaction of this nature.
Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am JAMES
GEORGE,director-packaging department with South Africa Reserve Bank,
I came to know you through my private search for someone I can
confidently trust on, And when I saw your name there, I have a
maximum confidence in you that we can transact this business.

THE PROPOSITION.

I want you to go into a venture with me as my partner in this deal
by helping me and claim this package/consignment, which I shipped to
U.S.A. through a United Nation (UN) accredited courier agent. Note
the UN courier agent does not know that package contains money worth
US$7,000.000.00. All in US$100 bills.And they most not know.
Therefore if you are willing to transact this business with me,
kindly get back to me via email as quickly as possible. Also in your
return mail includes this information's bellow:

Full Names..........................

Age..........................................

Contact Address........................

Personal Telephone number...............

Occupation.............................


I will give you as share 30% out of the total sum, and then the
remaining 70% will be for me. If I receive your willingness to
transact this business with me I will give you more details regards
to the transaction.

Looking forward to receive your reply via my secure and private mailbox:
jgeorge124@yahoo.co.uk

Best Regards.

James George.

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