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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: favour dumas <favour08dumas@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: favour0022dumas@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 14:54:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM : Favour Dumas.
FROM : Favour Dumas.
ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIER
NOTE:PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME WITH THIS MY DIRECT
EMAIL (favour08dumas@yahoo.co.in)
DEAR,
I AM Favour Dumas THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE Chief Joseph Dumas. I CONTACTED YOU AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR PROFILE.
PLEASE AND PLEASE DO NOT BE EMBARASED,I AM SEEKING
YOUR ATTENTION TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE SUM OF ($9.5 MILLION DOLLARS) IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND TO HELP ME dor the INVESTMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY.PLEASE IT IS MORE THAN URGENT,
I LOST MY FATHGER LAST 2 YEARS EGO, NOW I AM LONELY HERE AT HOTEL, AND SEEKING VERY URGENT HELP, INREGARD OF THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE; I FEEL FOR YOUR FOOL CO_OPERATION.
I A M SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS BASICS.
1, TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WERE THIS TOTAL $US9.500,000,00 USD WILL BE TRANSFER INTO.
2. TO HELP ME FOR THE INVESTMENT WHEN SUCCESFUL TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
3. TO HELP ME FOR MY RESIDENCE PERMITH IN YOUR COUNTRY.
4. TO TAKE CARE OF MY EDUCATION, WHILE YOU TAKE CARE OF THE INVESTMENTS.
MOREOVER, DEAR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT
AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.
THANKS,
Favour Dumas. (favour08dumas@yahoo.co.in)
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