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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: williams45@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:29:53 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY PASTOR
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM BARRISTER JAMES OLSON AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO INFORM
YOU ABOUTMY SUCCESS IN GETTING THAT FUND TRANSFERED. NOW I WANT YOU TO
CONTACT MY PASTOR ON THE INFORMATION BELOW TO RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION
OF ($1.5MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY). PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL HIM CONTACT
MY PASTOR. MR, UNANA. TEL : 00 2299 7033870EMAIL ADDRESS :
pastorunana@live.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. JAMES OLSON.
Unbegrenzter
Speicher, Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene E-MailDomain
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