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Scam Money Transfers: Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister

Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister
he needs to you create an offshore account that will accommodate his money

Did you receive an email from a "Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister" who  says "he needs to you create an offshore account that will accommodate his money"  This one is certainly bizarre.  Certainly the scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. If this email out-of-the-blue from an from the former Prime Minister of Italy offering to pay you absurd amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then you really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and familiarize yourself with their approach.

Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister (not his real name, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.  If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!

Notice (highlighted below) some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:

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Scam email:

Good day.

Please pay attention and understand my reason for contacting you today through this email; I am Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Former Italian Prime Minister who was accuse for possible fraud trial and probe over alleged Fraud at broadcaster mediaset.

See the web link for more details:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,1815571,00.html

The protocol and legal solution here is for you to act as one of those contractors that I awarded contracts to who I still own some outstanding bills, and tend to settle it now. This is to enable you create an offshore account that will accommodate the Sum of 10,562,987.00Millions EUR which is currently lying in my personal Security bank account, due to the investidation around me, i need your urgent attention here to enable the transfer opf this fund for business purpose!

Please observe vital discretion and be rest guaranteed that this Transaction would be done legally and most lucrative for both of us as all relevant documentation of this transaction is being handle over to my Personal Attorney for a positive transaction. N: B the reasons for this Proposal is to make this fund transfer successful, not to lead to frozen by ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.

N: B Contact my Attorney for details of this transaction with the information below: -

Barrister Tom Hendry

Attorney/Advisory

Tel: +44-704-570-8054

E-mail: barr.tomhendry@crawler.com 

Sign

Mrs. Alicia Lynn

Secretary.

Prime Minister World.

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