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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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Fraud email example:
From: Anne Joubert <joubert00s@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsanneab@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:38:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HPB/NG: 6699/00
Attention: Sir/Madam,
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment are because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your contract /inheritance payment.
Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the bank in all your attempts to secure the release of your fund. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act has to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem.
Right now we have arranged your payment through Platinumhabib Bank PHB swift card payment center {Asia pacific}, that is the latest instruction from our new elected president who was sworn in on the 29 of May 2007 as the new president of Federal Republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua and the Directors Central Bank of Nigeria. Platinumhabib Bank will send you ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your fund, but the maximum withdrawal is six thousand dollars per day. To receive your funds immediately through this way, please contact the card payment center with the following informations for accuracy check.
1. Your full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address where you would like to receive your ATM CARD
4. A copy of your identity
PLEASE CONTACT THE PAYMENT OFFICER BANK PHB LTD
Name: Mr. Mark Lee
E-mail: marklee@accountant.com
E-mail: atmcenter@financier.com
Phone: +234 1 8187104
The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out sum of $4,500,000.00{Four Million five hundred thousand USD} credited into your card as your part payment for this fiscal year. Also for your information you have to stop any further communication with any other persons or offices. This is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment.
Note that because of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of conduct, which are (HPB/NG: 6699/00) you must have to indicate this code when contacting the card center.
We wait for your response.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Anne Joubert
(Secretary)
For: Mr. Mark Lee
Credit Account Manager
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