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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.
  • global_max_trust_company01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barr_aruutojesu42@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 16:55:51 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20NOW=20CONTACT=20GLOBAL=20MAX=20TRUST=20COMPANY=20FOR=20YOUR=20MONEY?=

Attention Dear,

I have Paid for the delivery fee for your BANK Draft.but the manager of
Eko Bank Benin told me that before the BANK DRAFT will get to you that it
will expire.he told me that it has being kept for a long time.I now told
him to translate it in CASHN MONEY so that it will not expire before it
will get to your hand. all the necessary arrangement of delivering the
MONEY [$800.00,000.00 U.S.D] was made with GLOBAL MAX TRUST COMPANY IN
BENIN REPULIC.
NOTE; that there are some documents to be secured your fund to avoid
custom problem on the way.The only fee you have to send to them is a deliveying
fee which i dont know how mush it will cost ,untill you have contacted them.So
fell free to contact DR KELLY BROWN the maneger of global max trust company
and let me know when you have recieve your fund.
below is the needed information from you to enable them deliver your fund
to your nominated address.

1. FULL NAME........
2. HOME ADDRESS............
3. CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER........
4. CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS.........
5. A COPY OF YOUR PHOTO.................
6 .SEX..............
7 .AGE...................
8 .COUNTRY..............
9 .OCCUPATION.........

NOW CONTACT DR KELLY BROWN THE GLOBAL MAX TRUST COMPANY DIRECTOR.
NAME....DR KELLY BROWN
EMAIL....global_max_trust_company01@yahoo.fr
Telephone....0022993075125

BEST REGARD
BARR ARUUTO JESU

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