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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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Fraud email example:

From: val group <laurasouthwell6@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 10:16:58 +0100
Subject: MOUTH WATERING OFER FROM VALGROUP



My name is Laura Southwell and I am the manager of the HumanResourses department of ValGroup International Company , China.The purpose of this message is to draw Your attention to avacant position of a financial manager for cooperation with privateindividuals.But first of all – a few words about our company.ValGroup was founded in 1994. Our specialists grantservices of purchase and sale, privatization , brokering and dealertransactions on stock exchange. We handle financial agency on equitymarket , using a great variety of investment instruments. Moreover wecan conduct a private survey on stock market uponclient’srequest.Professionalism and conscientiousness of our company enables usto attract a large number of clients. Nowadays Val Group Internationalfirmlyholds a position of a leading company in the Asian equity market ,which ensures our stable development.So today , we are glad to offer You to:- become a part of our company- join a team of high qualified specialists- get a prestigious part time job- earn a good dealIn order to become our financial manager for cooperationwith private individuals You ARE NOT OBLIGED TO HAVE ANY HIGHER ORPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. You will just be supposed to:- have approximately 2 free hours a day- have a bank account (or to be able to open a new one ,especially for company needs)- have a PCYOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL TO enable us to grant ourclients the best service in shortest dates.YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES will be:- to receive payments for the ordered stocks and bonds from our clients(private individuals) to Your bank account- to withdraw the funds and to transfer it further to ourbrokers in one of the countries where the desirable stocks andbonds should be bought.Your SALARY is 10%commission out of every deposit that Youreceive on Your bank account.If you are interested in the vacancy offered, please get some moredetailed information on the following E-mail address:valgroup1@myway.comOur managers will be glad to answer any questions.We are looking forward to working with You!
Yours faithfully LauraSouthwell
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