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

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Charles Edward" <charlesedward@student.com>
Reply-To: dr.charlese@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:48:11 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT..


ÐÐÐÐÐЬ MMC NORILSK 22 VOZNESENSKY PEREULOK,
MOSCOW,103009 RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ÐÐСТ ÐÐÐ ÐÐÐЧРФÐÐСÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ K:O:T:
Chief Executive Officer Dr.Charles Edward,
Imperial Trust Bank,London Uk.
ÐÐТÐ: 29/06/2008,
ÐÐ ÐÐÐЫТÐÐЬТРÐÐТ. СТРÐÐÐЦ
ÐÐÐÐ(R)ЧÐЯ ÐРЫШÐУ: Ðдно, 1 :
l COMMENTS:

The information in this letter is confidential and it is legally
privileged. It is intended only for the attention of the Managing Director
of this company. Due to anthrax scare and our peculiar security disposition
to make this contact with you, I have decided to write you through Email.
I believe it is our best option so that should you decide not to use this
opportunity, we will still be able to maintain the confidentiality for the
content of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, please
destroy this letter. Do not disclose the contents to any third party.

I am a Russian presently living in London, I have a business brief which
might interest you. I am in London on instruction of a business tycoon in
Moscow whose business interest spans crude oil exploration, refining, gas,
mining, construction etc. Over the past few years this business tycoon has
been at logger head with the Kremlin because of political developments in
Russia. The situation in Russia is such that it crosslinkâs his business
interests which has impacted negatively to the smooth and successful
management of his business.The policy of the Kremlin has not been favorable
towards his business and more importantly towards his person because he is
seen to have a different political view from that of the Kremlin.

Without boring you with Russian politics, I will go straight to the point
to ask for your cooperation to help us through one of our subsidiary
companies in Russia to "discreetly" move a part of its "floating investment
asset"SUM of EIGHTEEN MILLIONS,SIX HUNDERED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS($18.6m dollars), from its present location in a Russian bank to a
new investment location in the United Kingdom or United States of America,
through any of your bank accounts in the "World". We have absolute control
of the financial director of this subsidiary company who is in this deal
with us. The financial director will present you/your company as one of the
company's financial consultants to advise the company on currency trading
investments, this will compel the company's board of directors to give the
full control of the investment portfolio (in the bank) used to manage the
company's
foreign currency trading activities over to you. Once we achieve this, then
you can move 60% of the currency trading investments value to your account
in the "World" in pretence for currency trading activities.

You will be entitled to retain 15% of the amount that got into your account
in the "World" and the balance belongs to us the other three people in
this deal. The financial director will take care of the paper trail and
computers of this company to "clean up" completely that it will look like
nothing actually happened.We have run a dummy trial of this transaction
twice within the last three months and it was successful. Everything is in
place, all we need now is your cooperation and a good banking account in
the "World" to repeat already perfected roles. If you believe that you can
work with us to complete this project, then write to me by email to(
dr.charlese@yahoo.com).

Regards,
Dr.Charles Edward.
Chief Executive Officer
Imperial Trust Bank.

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