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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: Fidelity Investment Uk <desobi4real@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mc_timcarron@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:55:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: WE CAN DO THIS


Greetings,

I am the Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK which I Handle all our Investor's Capital Project Funds that enable me to Divert 1.2% Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to Our Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby anyone can be presented to claim the funds. On this note, the total Sum of US$60.5M has been diverted representing the 1.2% Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for2005/2006.I need your total co-operation and assurance inorder to work this deal out with me so that we can claim this funds as mentioned above.

There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be dictated or traced. Our sharing ratio is 70:30,please send your direct telephone numbers for discussion of this deal in further details. I am counting on your sense of confidentiality, as it is my desire that you keep this business to yourself.


Anticipating for your urgent response,below link is my profile.

www.fidelity.co.uk/wealthmanager/funds/europe/oeicsandunittrusts/european.html
www.fidelity.co.uk/wealthmanager/fundmanagercvs/pdfs/TMcCarron.pdf
Regards,
Tim McCarron.


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