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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: "patrick.paricksam" <patrick.paricksam@laposte.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:59:07 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Have you contacted my secretary
Dear friend,
Have you contacted my secretary like i told you to do ?.
If you have not contacted him yet just do it right away.
Ask him to send you the total sum of $1.6 million u s dollars in a bank
draft, which I kept for your compensation. Contact him on this
email .(richard_ainsworth1@yahoo.fr) his name is mr Richard Ainsworth God has done it, i have finnal got that fund. Give him all the informations he may need like your full names, country were you want him to send the money to,your direct phone numbers and any other informations he might need o.k
Still remain your bossom friend.
Yours Faithfully
Créez votre adresse électronique prénom.nom@laposte.net
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