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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: "Dr.Alexey Bakhtin"<abakhtin@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abakhtin1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 03:09:42 +0200
Subject: Management Placement
Spam detection software, running on the system "atomprom.su", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
The administrator of that system for details.
Content preview: A BAKHTIN CAPITAL LLC #37 LEICESTER SQUARE LONDON WC2H 7LA
UNITED KINGDOM Dear Friend, This is a Management Placement on behalf of Mr.Tse
Sui-luen of Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International) Limited, Hong Kong. [...]
Content analysis details: (7.2 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
0.0 MISSING_MID Missing Message-Id: header
0.0 UNPARSEABLE_RELAY Informational: message has unparseable relay lines
1.3 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header
2.7 DEAR_FRIEND BODY: Dear Friend? That's not very dear!
0.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60%
[score: 0.5000]
3.1 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook
0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
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