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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.
  • spencerearl101@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Earl spencer" <spencer1@mailqatar.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:10:48 +0300
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST .

I am Earl Spencer,Managing Partner,with Earl Spencer &
Associates Law firm, London Branch.Admitted, 1974.
Education: LL.B 1973 Bristol University Practice
Areas: Corporate; Commercial; Oil & Gas,International
Trade; Banking, inheritance law, e.t.c

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the Estate
of Late George Brumley, I wish to notify you that late
George Brumley made you one of the beneficiaries of
his estate. He left the sum of Five Million One
Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$5,100.000.00 )to you.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it
is real and true.

Late Mr. Brumley and all his family were among the
victims that died a charter plane crash on Mount
Kenya. The flight crashed into the snow-capped,
16,355-foot Lenana Peak on Mount Kenya destroying the
entire plane and killing all passengers on board.Late
George Brumley died on the month of July 2003 at the
age of 68. You can see details of his death in the CNN
link below:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html


He was a widely travelled man and devoted most of his
time and wealth to charity and humanitarian work. His
great philantropist work is well known and recorded
all over the world. He must have been in contact with
you in the past or you were nominated to him in his
vision to expand his Charity work. Simply put, he was
a very dedicated sufis and Christian who loved to give
out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards
during his life time. In dedicating this funds to you
and other beneficiaries, he instructed that you are to
use part of the funds to promote his legacy through
activities that aim to help the old, poor, needy and
disabled in the society. Late Brumleys' legacy is the
love of charity.

Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get
back to me as soon as possible so we can start
processing the release of the funds to you. You are to
reply me immediately providing the following
information:Please send your mail to my private mail box:
spencerearl101@yahoo.co.uk


1.Your Full names.
2.Valid Contact address.
3.Contact Telephone and fax numbers.

Regards,

Mr.Earl Spencer(ESQ).
14 York Road,Ilford Essex,
IG1 3AD London, England.

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