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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:
Fraud email example:
From: "citizenonline bank" <z_11_citizen@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: citizenonline_c_z1@yahoo.com.au
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:28:29 +0000
Subject: RELEASE ORDER
CITIZENS BANK INTERNATIONAL
ATTENTION
WE THE REMMITANCE DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENS BANK INTERNATIONAL HAVE RECEIVED
YOUR INFORMATION IN OUR DATA BASE.
WE WISH TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AFTER OUR RESARCH WE FINALLY RESOVLED THAT YOU
ARE THE RIGHFUL OWNER OF THE SUM OF 6.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
DEPOSITED BY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY.
WE ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATE YOU?
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SEND US THIS VITAL INFORMATION TO ENABLE US PROCEED
YOUR TRANSFER:
1. YOUR FULL NAME THAT WILL INCLUDE YOUR MIDDLE NAME 2.A COPY OF YOUR
DRIVING LICENSE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.
3. YOUR TELEPHONE CONTACT
4. YOUR OCCUPATION AND AGE
FOR FUTHER SECURITY REASONS, WITH THIS WE CAN GO AHEAD TO PROCEED ON
TRANSFERING YOUR FUND TO YOU, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
N/B: YOU ARE TO CONTACT OUR BANK BRANCH VIA EMAIL
(citizenonline_c_z1@yahoo.com.au).
THANKS
MANAGEMENT,
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR.
_________________________________________________________________
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