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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • norton.finance@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: norton.finance@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:40:24 +0000
Subject: Re: Payment


Norton Finance
Central Processing Office,
Norton House,
Mansfield Road,
Rotherham,
South Yorkshire
S60 2EB


Dear Friend,

Permit a brief introduction of our service. Norton Finance plc is a
regsitered company in the British entity. In our loan scheme tagged
'loan
under two weeks',every customer both local and international have the
guarantee of obtaining a loan from this company on the mode of
unsecured offshore international funding which means no collateral
i srequired for this process. In general we offer all type of loan
such
as
constructive, car,hotel, mortgages,start up capital,working capital
and lots more provided the project requiring funding is of a
legitimate
entity.

Our service has been repositioned and standardized to meet customers
demands in an economical way. Our interest charge is indeed
reasonable,we offer hassle free loan service where by customers are
allowed to make repayment over a long time span.
Lastly, we fund small scale loan firm, intermediaries,small scale
financial institutions for we have unlimited capital. To apply for a
loan, Kindly complete the below form and return back to us. Client
Requesting Loan Requested Informations
To Proceed:

**********************************
LOAN APPLICATION FORM
**********************************
A)Full Name:
B)Contact Address:
C)Phone Number:
D)Amount Needed:
E)Proof Of Return Of Funds:
F)Occupation:
G)Reason for seeking Loan:

For further details to go about procuring a loan
from Norton Finance, contact
Email:- norton.finance@hotmail.com

Signed, .
Management,

Online finance
Mr David Anderson.

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