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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: Mark James <mmjames_mark778@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <markjames_06@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:38:55 -0400
Subject: CAN WE WORK TOGETHER?
Dear Friend,My name is Mark James, I have a BusinessProposal of Twenty-four million, five hundredthousand US dollars for you to handlewith me from my bank i work with. Should you beinterested, please send me your fullnames,private phone/fax number toemail address (markjames_06@yahoo.com.hk)and finally after that I shall provide youwith more details of this operation.Kind Regards,Mark James.
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