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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: johnmark3@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:40:21 +0200
Subject: From: John Mark
From: John Mark
Dear Good friend
How are you today? Hope all is well
with you and your family?, You may not understand why this mail came to
you.But if you do not remember me or my colleague, you might have
received an email from us in the past regarding a million-dollar
business proposal which we never concluded with you. I am using this
opportunity to inform you that this million-dollar business has been
concluded with the assistance of another partner from United Kingdom
(London) who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion.I thank
you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your
account due to one reason or the other best known to you.
But I want
to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of the
Africa to my new partner\'s account in UK who assisted me in this great
venture but now I am in China for business mission, Due to your effort
then, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness shown during the course
of the transaction.I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to
you with the sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand united State
Dollars Only)
I have left a certified international bank draft for you
worth of $500,000.00.
My dear friend I will like you to contact my
secretary Mr. Victor Obi, on his direct email address at:
victorobi@hotmail.fr for the collection of your bank draft.I authorized
him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you contact him regarding
it. At the moment, I\'m very busy here in China because of the
investment projects, which I and my new partner are having at
hand.Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this
is from the bottom of my heart,Also comply with Victor Obi\'s
directives so that he will send the draft to you without any delay.
CONTACT: Victor Obi
Email: victorobi@hotmail.fr
Therefore, you should
contact him and send him your telephone number/your current mailing
address,{Home or Office} where you want him to send the draft to you.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Mr. John Mark
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