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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: "=?utf-8?q?Mr.Martin=20kelly?=" <martinkelly000@yahoo.com.my>
Reply-To: martinkelly004@fastermail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:09:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I AM WRITING FOLLOWING AN OPPORTUNITY IN MY OFFICE THAT WILL BE OF IMMENSE BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US. I AM STAFF OF ONE OF THE LEADING IN SOUTH AFRICA, IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED LARGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING TO ONE OF OUR FOREINGN CUSTOMER. THERE WAS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1998 AND SINCE LATE 1999 NOBODY HAS OPERATED THIS ACCOUNT. AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS, I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT WOULD BE FORFEITED TO THE GOVERNMENT AS
Saya ada alamat e-mel baru!Sekarang anda boleh kirimkan saya e-mel di: martinkelly000@yahoo.com.my
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- Mr.Martin kelly
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