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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.
  • l_raymond100@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond Larry <raymond_00009@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: l_raymond100@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:57:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE


Dear Mr/Mrs

I am Dr Raymond.Larry.Keith,a New Zealand citizen based in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Some years back,I invested some amount of money with an investor in Ontario,Canada and it has yeilded some reasonable interest and capital which is due payment.

I wanted the Due-funds transferred to my account by Swift,but the issuing company/Investor said that they cannot transfer more than Five Thousand Dollars to any bank account outside North America/south America within one month(30days).

I have only received the sum $5,000usd out of millions of dollars to my account few days ago but I was told to provide an Account in Canada,Mexico or United States of America to enable the funds transferred.
Meanwhile,I have tried to open an account with Bank-One in Texas and Washington Mutual in California in United States but I need to be physically presence to sign the mandate,I must confess that this is not possible now because I am medically down to make such a long distance trip.

I am in a need of seeking your assistance on this matter,if you could help receive the funds and forward to me.
Sincerely,you are not going to face any risk in rendering assistance,or spend any money or demand anything from you.

I can also advise the investor to make payment via installment if you are not comfortable having the whole funds transferred to your account.
AGAIN,PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY AND I WILL OFFER YOU 10% OF THE MONEY YOU RECEIVE.
Once i received your response,I will send you the contact details of the investor in Canada so that can open talk with him,All i need is your sincerity and just be honest with me.
Looking forward to hear from you.
my private email address is l_raymond100@yahoo.com
Yours Truely,
Dr Raymond.Larry.Keith


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