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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: "catrin walters" <catrin_walters2006@blueworld.co.za>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:44:30 +0200
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:
MR.RICHARD PETERS ,
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
Tel: +447024017848
Fax: +447005947108
Email:richard_peters2000powcf@yahoo.co.uk
CC:richardpeters_2001powcf@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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