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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: Mr Tim Mccarron <info@tim.com>
Reply-To: tim-mccarron@live.com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:31:48 +0300
Subject: EMRCP-Confirmation!!

Asset Managment Plan

I am Mr.Tim McCarron, a freelance independent Investment Funds Manager for Fidelity Investment
International.The World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital
Investment Funds.Nevertheless , as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct
Capital Funds and my position afforded me the opportunity to secure 1.2% Excess Maximum Return
Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds.

As the fund manager skilled in Database Management and Administration, I was able to make over 25m
pounds from the Investor's EMRCP via Online Trade Investment and hereby looking for someone to trust
who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity
Magellan Capital Funds.All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you
in the cause of this transaction.
Meanwhile,I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in
any of our 6 Clearing Houses without hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 50-50 in case you are
interested,Please email me on my private email below, your direct telephone number for discussion of
this transaction in further details.
Sincerely.

Mr. Tim Mc Carron (MSDBA, OCP, ISO)
For: Funds Manager of Fidelity
Investment International
Email: tim-mccarron@live.com
www.fidelity.co.uk

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