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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: lawrence john <lawrencejohn80@live.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:17:14 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETERY
DEAREST FRIEND, I AM BARRISTER LAWRENCE JOHN AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESS IN GETTINGTHAT FUND TRANSFERED. NOW I WANT YOU TO CONTACT MY SECRETERY ON THE INFORMATION BELOW AND RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION OF $1.5MILLION US DOLLARS FROM HIM:NAME....: Mr. Ignatius Okeke.EMAIL: (ig_okeke_2004@yahoo.fr )
SEND HIM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO PROVE YOURSELF TO HIM:
YOUR FULL NAME;...............................YOUR ADDRESS:.................................YOUR COUNTRY:................................. YOUR AGE:.........................................YOUR OCCUPATION:................................. YOUR PHONE NUMBER:.............................YOUR ID OR A COPY OF PICTURE...................
NOTE THAT IF YOU DID NOT SEND HIM THE ABOVE INFORMATION COMPLETE, HE WILL NOT RELEASE THE CHEQUE TO YOU BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE SURE THAT IT IS YOU.ASK HIM TO SEND YOU THE TOTAL SUM OF$1.5MILLION US DOLLARS CASHIER'S CHEQUE, WHICH I KEPT FOR YOU.
NOTE ALSO THAT I WILL NOT BE REACHED BY EMAIL OR PHONE FOR NOW BECAUSE I AM CORRENTLY AWAY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE WITH MY SHARE AND I WILL BE BUSY TILL ABOUT SIX MONTHS TIME OR A YEAR. NAME: Mr. Ignatius Okeke EMAIL: (ig_okeke_2004@yahoo.fr )
REGARDS,
BARRISTER LAWRENCE JOHN.
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