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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: <princesswalesgrantdept_powcf2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:30:23 -0600
Subject: Grant Beneficiary
ATTN: Grant Beneficiary,
This is to bring to your information that your email has been randomly
selected and approved as a charity grant beneficiary of PRINCESS OF WALES
CHARITY FOUNDATION
(POWCF). You are awarded a grant sum of £2,555,000.00 (Two Million Five
Hundred And Fifty Five Thousand Great Britain Pounds) Grant Reference Code
Number:7890-789 and for further instructions on how you are to put claim
to your grant, you are to FORWARD a copy of this notification to our
International Grants Officer's email address below as well as give him a
call via phone number below:
AGENT ABRAHAM GERRAND KOLE ,
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
TEL:+44702451435
+447024051482
+447024051562
Email: princesswales_grantdepartment2@yahoo.co.uk
CC: princesswales_grantoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations once again from the entire staff of PRINCESS OF WALES
CHARITY FOUNDATION
and it is our hope that you will appreciate our gesture and judiciously
spend your grant.
Sincerely,
Miss Catrin Walters,
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
PRINCESS OF WALES CHARITY FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION BUILDING,
29 HOUGHTON STREET,
LONDON, WC2A 2AE,
UNITED KINGDOM.
UNSUBSCRIBE:
YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL GRANT INFORMATION FROM THE IMMEDIATE PUBLIC AS WE WILL
NOT ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS PROCESSING OR COMPROMISE THE
PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF ALL OUR BENEFICIARIES, THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE
DATA PROTECTION ACT OF POWMF.
PRINCESS OF WALES PRINCESS OF WALES CHARITY FOUNDATION IS NOT AFFILIATED
WITH BULK EMAIL SENDING/SPAMMING, IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A
GRANT BENEFICIARY IN ERROR, KINDLY VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO UNSUBSRIBE
FROM OUR GRANT BENEFICIARIES LIST http://www.powcf.8m.net/unsubpage.html
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