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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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Fraud email example:
From: office file<officefile@freenet.de>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:36:02 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS
Attn Dear Friend
I received your mail regarding the Cashier Bank Draft
of $2.5 Million Dollars usa dollars that my Director left here for
you, Yes the money is for you and He told me to keep the Cashier Bank
Draft for you before he traveled out of this country for investment
projects
.
Now that you have contact for the Bank Draft which i was
instructed to despatch to your home address by my dircetor before his
departure from this country. Now that you have contacted for the bank
draft i have one question for you,
Are you coming to pick it here
yourself? Or do you want me to send it to your through Diplomat means? I
suggest that you come down here so that it will be easy for us but if
you can not make it .
Then you know that i will send it through
diplomatic service.that is the only way to mail international draft
chaque here in benin rep .Incase if you are not coming yourself, send
your full contact information to me to enable me register for
delivering.
YOUR FULL
NAME......................................
CURRENT MAILING
ADDRESS:.......................
HOME TELEPHONE
NUMBER:..................................
OFFICE
NUMBER:............................................
OCCUPAION.............................................
COUNTRY...........................................
SEX................................................
AGE...............................................
EMAIL augustinechinedu76@yahoo.fr
Send the information immediately if
you are not coming here in person i will find out how much
the courier
company will take to deliver the parcel to your home address or any
where of your choice right.
Meanwhile you can call me on this cell
phone unmber for further discussion +229 938155891
I look forward to
hear from you as soon as possible.
Regards
Mr.john o okfor
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