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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: MR.ERIC BOWELL. <frank_madu2008@yahoo.fr>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 05:52:29 -0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND, CONTACT MY SECETRY
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
DEAR FRIEND, CONTACT MY SECETRY.
I AM MR.ERIC BOWELL AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESS
IN GETTING THAT FUND TRANSFERED. NOW I WANT YOU TO CONTACT MY Secetry ON
THE INFORMATION BELOW TO RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION OF ($1.5MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY)
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT HIM
CONTACT MY Secetry.
MR, Frank Madu.
TEL : 00 229 93069640
EMAIL ADDRESS : frank_madu2008@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:......................
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'S
YOU. ASK HIM TO SEND YOU THE TOTAL SUM OF $1.5 MILLION 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.
REGARDS,
MR.ERIC BOWELL.
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