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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.
  • georgemorgan500@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "morgan george" <georgemorgan2@mailbox.hu>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:38:45 +0100
Subject: Hello


From: Dr George Morgan..
The Manager Hsbc Bank,
Central South East Branch
London,UK.


Attn:

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trustworthy


person to entrust this huge transfer project. My name is Dr George Morgan. I


am the manager of the Nat West Bank Central South East Branch, London, UK. I


am an Irish/British Citizen, married with two kids.

I am writing to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of funds valued

at £ 2,620,000.00 (Two million six hundred and twenty thousand British

Pounds) sterling.

This fund is the excess profit made during the last annual audition. I have

already submitted an approved end of the year report for 2007 to my head

office here in London and they will never know of the said excess profit. I

have since then, placed this excess profit valued £ 2,620,000.00 in a

suspense escrow account without a beneficiary.

As a Senior officer of the bank, I cannot directly be connected to this
money

thus I am impelled to request your assistance to receive this Money into
your

bank account. I intend to give 25% of this fund to you as compensation while


75% shall be for me and the Bank accredited Lawyer who will conclude all

Legal endorsements on your behalf prior to the transfer proper. I do stress

that there are practically no risk involved in this. It is going to be a

bank- to-bank transfer.

All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of the fund, which


is the reason why i must involve the Bank Attorney who is also a financial

consultant.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. I will

release my person details as well as my direct contact telephone number to

you as soon as I read from you.



via the following information.

reply to this Email: georgemorgan500@yahoo.com



Yours Sincerely,
Dr George Morgan.

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