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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: jamesarnold@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:47:27 +0200
Subject: ATM MASTER CARD CENTRE FINANCIAL BANK PLC
Attn..,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick
your Bank
Draft worth US$950.000.00. but did not hear from you since
that time
then I went and deposited the Draft with FINANCIAL BANK PLC
here in
Benin Republic, because I travelled to Japan to see my Boss and
will not
come back till next month end.
I have arranged with them to
make your payment to you with their new
ATM MASTER CARD which you can
use to withdraw your money in any ATM
MACHINE around the globe. You have
to contact the FINANCIAL BANK PLC with
your full contact informations
such as follows.
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 position to release
your ATM CARD.
REV DR.OBI GINTERS.
ATM MASTER CARD CENTRE FINANCIAL BANK PLC
MOBILE :
+229 -9389- 0522EMAIL: atm_payment_card_department0@yahoo.fr I have
paid for the processing and delivery charges.The only Money that
your
are going to pay to them is only $125 Dollars which they will use
to
obtain the Affidevit Of Onwership from the Federal High Court Of
Benin
Republic.
Try to contact them as soon as possible to quicken the
processing of
your card before your draft gets Expired . Let me know as
soon as you
receive your Card.
Thanks.Yours faithfully.
Mr.James
Arnold.
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