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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: barristerjohnwill1@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:55:32 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ATM PAYMENT OFFICE IMMEDIATELY FOR PAYMENT !!!
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,
NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ( USD$2.5M)
TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT
CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM
CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN
ANY PART OF THE WORLD,BUT THE 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 BY CONTACTING APEX BANK ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT AND ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED
BELOW.
1.FULL NAME.............................
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT
THEM TO SEND THE ATM
CARD..........................
3.PHONE AND
FAX
NUMBER.....................................................
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.MARTINS NORWEL DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT
TELE:+229 93 060 755
TELE:+229 97 313
615
EMAIL:apxbank@gmail.com
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 (ATM0411) SO YOU HAVE
TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS
YOUR SUBJECT.
REGARDS
BARRISTER JOHN WILL
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