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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: jim peter<jimpeters1@freenet.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:13:04 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY
Dearest friend,
Season Greeting from.MR JIM PETER, who contacted
you long ago,I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting
that fundNow,I want you to contact my secretary on the information
below:
NAME: Louisa Christopher.
EMAIL: (lbchrist_700@hotmail.com)
Ask
him to send you the total sum of(US$1.250.000.00) ONE MILLON TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND USD CASHIER.
CHEQUE which I kept for your
compensation,CONTACT THE SECRETARY ON thisemail:
lbchrist_700@hotmail.com
send him your contact information like.
Your
Full Name
Your Home Address
Your Phone Number
Your Occupation
Your
Country
Your Age
Sex
Regards
MR JIM PETER
Unbegrenzter Speicher,
Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene E-MailDomain
inkl.
http://office.freenet.de/dienste/emailoffice/produktuebersicht/power/mail/index.html
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