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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: "david walter" <davidwalter4@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:26:41 +0100 (CET)
Subject: ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
GOOD DAY.
NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITEDS=
TATEDOLLAR)UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA=
PACIFIC,THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE T=
O WITHDRAWYOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT T=
HE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY.=
SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW BYCO=
NTACTINGFINANCIAL BANK ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWI=
NG INFORMATIONAS LISTED BELOW.
1.FULL NAME :
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD :
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER : PHONE :
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION :
5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE=
YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
REV DR.JOHN MARK DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BENIN.
abd_atm_company55@yahoo.fr
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT=
AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S=
)OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.NOTE THAT =
BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS,
WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HA=
VETO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS =
YOUR SUBJECT.
Yours faithfully,
MR .David Walters
La carrera hacia la Casa Blanca, a un click de distancia http://www.sta=
rmedia.com/noticias/especiales/gobiernousa.html
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