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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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Fraud email example:
From: "Prof. Charles Soludo" <proff.charles_soludo55@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION !
Attn;Mr Justine Thyme
I wish to inform you that after a brief meeting with the stakeholders, there was a resolution in the account information.
Your are strongly advice to make the payment to the following account below.
BANK NAME:DBS BANK HONG KONG
ADDRESS:16TH FLOOR ,99 QUEENS ROAD.CENTRAL HONG KONG.
SWIFT CODE:DHBKHKHH
ACCOUNT NAME:ENERGETIC CORPERATION .LTD.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 788 1333 910
Adhere strictly to the new payment option as stated above.
We expected that would have made the payment today as stated in your earlier mail.
Thanks
Prof. Charles Soludo
[CBN.G]
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