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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: "AMEDI BELLO" <amedibello10@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:30:37 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER
ATTN;FRIEND, chris_olis001@ig
PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF $1.5 MILLION USD.
UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC,THIS
CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAWYOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM I ONE
THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY.
PLEASE CONTACT OCEANICBANK BANK BENIN BRANCH; ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AN ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.
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.................
KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW GIVEN PERSON WITH THOSE INFORMATIONS REQUESTED
ABOVE AS HE WILL NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS YOUR FILE AND RELEASE
YOUR ATM CARD.
DR.EJIKE MECKUS DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK BENIN REPUBLIC BRANCH.
EMAIL:oceani_cbank51@yahoo.fr <EMAIL%3Aoceani_cbank51@yahoo.fr>
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENTAND
YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. NOTE THATBECAUSE
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,
Mr.Amedi Bello
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