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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: ALLEN MCCARTY <mailmmcarty3@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mail2mccarty@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:46:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE PLEASE.
$B?7$7$$%a!<%k%"%I%l%9$r$*CN$i$;$7$^$9?7$7$$%a!<%k%"%I%l%9!'(B mailmmcarty3@yahoo.co.jp
I am Allen McCarty, am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr.Mark Solovey,my client deposited the sum of 9.8m (pounds), I want to present you as my client's next of kin so that you can help repartriate the money to a foreign account .
Allen McCarty
- ALLEN MCCARTY
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