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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: johnmark2@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:51:28 +0100
Subject: CONTACT YOUR ATM PAYMENT CENTER
ATTENTION:
GREETINGS. WE HAVE FINALLY ARRANGED YOUR ($1,500.000.00)
ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD PAYMENT 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 TWO 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 OCEANI BANK PLC ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED
BELOW.PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS YOU HEAR FROM THEM TO ENABLE ME FILE YOUR
DOCUMENT AND HOPE YOU DO GET ME RIGHT.
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
6.PAYMENT AMOUNT
EXPECTED ON ATM CARD.
HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSONNEL IN
POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
REV DR.COLLINS MARTIN
DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OCEANI BANK PLC DEPARTMENT
BENINMOBILE: +229 93 69 76 31
EMAIL: atmpaymentoceanibankbenin@yahoo.fr
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
(ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD
CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
REGARDS,JOHN MARK
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