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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: williams46@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:42:41 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD
Attn: Beneficiary,
Forward your information to our ATM Foreign
Department for your payment of $1.5Million dollars contract sum, note
you can only collect $1,500 usd only daily on this card,Contact the
Foreign payment oppration Department.
Contact Person: Dr. Mazo Brown
Emails: dr.mazobrown@hotmail.com
Telephone Number:+229-9507-6414
Note
That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby Issue You Our Code Of Conduct,
Which Is (ATM-2130)
1.YOUR FULL NAMES:........................
2.YOUR
ADDRESS:........................
3.SEX:..........................
4.AGE:.....................
5.MARITAL
STATUS:..........................
6.OCCUPATION:...........................
7.TELEPHONE
/ FAX:......................
Note: It will cost you only $250 usd for
shipment of the card to your doorstep,this cost includes insurance /
postage of your ATM card to you in your country, please be informed that
you will bear the cost of the postage / insurance of your ATM cARD.
Best
wishes,
Mr. C. K. Williams.
Financial Secretary.
Foreign Operation
Department.
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