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

Fraud email example:

From: Marina <marinalit@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: mrs_litvinenko@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:59:51 +0000
Subject: Hello


Hello

I am Mrs. Marina Litvinenko, wife of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian
security officer who died in a London hospital after apparently being
poisoned with the highly-toxic metal thallium by Mr. Lugovoi, a Russian
Government Paid agent.

This is my husband's life in a video for your full understanding.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-420098/MI5-told-Litvinenko-Your-life-danger.html

Your can read articles about my Husband's ordeal via the websites below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6708103.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490007&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080707/tpl-uk-britain-russia-43a8d4f.html

Please I want you to assist my one daughter and three son and my humble self
to remove USD$3.5M given to my husband before his death by Mr. Berezovsky, A
Russian Billionaire Exiled in UK for exposing an alleged plot to assassinate
him by the Russian Authority and to investigate the death of Anna
Politkovskaya, a Russian Journalist believed to have equally been poisoned
by the Kremlin for writing a book: The Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing
Democracy depicted Russia as a country where human rights are routinely
trampled.


The Funds are deposited with a financial firm in Asia and I will want to
relocate these funds for investment in your region and with your assistance
and advice.


As soon as I receive your response, I will furnish you with more details on
this issue that is stressing me so badly. I do not mind drawing a business
agreement with you.


My E-Mail: mrs_litvinenko@yahoo.fr


Best Regards,

Mrs. Marina Litvinenko.

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