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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: "paul george" <paul_george_400@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulgeorge_1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:21:02 +0000
Subject: From Paul George
From Paul George
Hello ,
It is a pleasure meeting you at last for i
havewaited for this golden moment.I am Paul George , manager in one of
the prime bank in southafrica.Six months ago ,my late customer died
in a fatal accident and was buried at the state cemetry.My late customer
(Sir Michael Mcguigan ) has an account with a creditbalance of twenty
six million dollars($26,000,000:00),which has been
dormant for a very long time.All efforts to contact the namedbeneficiary to
late Sir
Mcguigan 's estate,with the supplied information proved futile.My good
friend ,am contacting you because iwant you to claim this money with
me. i have the necessary informationand documents that would enable us
this claim.Please kindly send me your urgent reply to enable me know
which other step to take towards the claim of this money.
Regards,
Paul George
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