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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: "info Bank" <info_bank@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: transferdepts@barclaysfinancialplc.com
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 07:37:28 +0200
Subject: Re:
BARCLAYS BANK LONDON-ENGLAND.
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER DEPT.
Locke King House, 2 Balfour Road Weybridge,
Manchester KT 13 8HE England, UK
Tel: +44 704-579-3682
Email: transferdepts@barclaysfinancialplc.com
Attn Dear Customer,
It's our pleasure to inform you that we have been directed by the management
of this Western Union Money Transfer Branch Outlet here in London-England to
contact you via your email address regarding a payment duly deposited in
your favour as the beneficiary before we commence further processing on how
to transfer the said fund to you through the Legal Service of our affiliate
bank here in Europe.
Prior, to this notification payment circular development, there is an issue
with the Western Union Money Transfer in the amount of $10,000,000.00 USD
deposited in our care to release it to you upon your anticipated willingly
corporation of processing it legally as a new beneficiary.
Otherwise you are to receive your payment through the legal assistance of
our affiliate paying bank via a normal Online Bank to Bank Telegraphic Wire
Transfer method of which a New (Savings/Checking Online Bank Account) will
be open for you personally with your payment file allocation details at the
owner of this email address as follows (KTU/9023118308/03) as the owner of
this money with our affiliate paying bank in other for you to have a direct
legitimate access whenever you want to withdraw or transfer any amount out
from your said payment from the new online savings/checking account they
will be opening for you immediately you comply willingly to their terms of
service which will cost you nothing than the ALLOCATION REGISTRATION
PROCESSING FEES OF (392.00) Pounds only which you have to pay officially as
the true owner of this money.
Sequel to this little complication on this money was cause as a result of
your in complete identity/ information provided, We were just contacted by
the United Kingdom International Monetary Fund Rectification Head Unit
concerning your compensation a couple of hours ago due to your security
allocated code which was unable to reflect your other information's We need
to complete a transfer directed at an email address that happens to be
yours, so we require that you kindly reconfirm back to our affiliate paying
bank that we be executing the transaction legitimately as a bank with the
following information of yours in order to complete this transfer in your
favour swiftly.
A).YOUR FULL NAME: (B).MOBILE PHONE NUMBER: (C).NATIONALITY AND AGE/SEX:
(D).CURRENT CONTACT ADDRESS IN FULL: (E).PRESENT OCCUPATION/POSITION HELD:
n order to resolve this problem and then effect your payment directly to you
via our affiliate paying bank that means your full corporation will be
required to this subject that matters, So please email our paying bank
immediately for the opening of your online account where your money will be
lodge in your favour.
As soon as this information is received from you correctly, and you are also
ready to comply legally with the requirements terms/service conduct of
payment of the Western Union local/international registration form fees
which will only cost you the sum of (392.00) GPD POUNDS STERLING only, then
payment will be made to your newly online bank account our affiliate paying
bank will be opening for you as soon as you pay for the official
registration of your money to be transfer or at the counter directly from
The Western Union Money Transferring Bank or Branch upon your willingness to
receive this payment.
I believe you are already aware of our legal registration/Mailing
transferring token fees procedures and service security terms, so you don't
need to be worried about the genuinety of this very transaction provided you
are ready to comply with the direction that you have been given to follow
that will enable this branch finalise the official registration of your
payment now.
IMPORTANT NOTICE OF OUR TERMS/SERVICE MODALITIES GUIDELINES:
1). Your payment has been deposited already with our affiliate paying bank
who will be providing you a legal service as a bank without you paying any
money up-front for the opening of the new Online savings/checking account on
your name & particulars and upon the opening of the online a/c, your said
fund will be credited immediately before you can then have the legitimate
right as the owner of the a/c to transfer your money to any other private
account of your choice you may feel like transferring your money into
legitimately.
2). Note categorically that, it's the responsibility and duty of this very
bank to provide you with every required relevant valid documents/papers work
of whatsoever you may need as our new customer without you paying any
additional cent either than our official Mandatory Registration/Activation
and Normalization Processing fee of (392.00) GPD POUNDS STERLING only which
must be paid by you first to enable us open a direct communication access
with you.
3). Upon the immediately receipt of the requested mandatory Non residential
Registration/ Activation and Final Normalization Processing Fee of (392.00)
GPD POUNDS STERLING only, We shall alert our affiliate paying bank to
contact you immediately concerning the penning/registration of your new
online account with their bank which is completely free and legal as long as
this payment is concerned.
When emailing, please you are advice in your own best interest to kindly
re-confirm your Confidential Clarification Payment Receiving Secret
Reference Releasing Code Number (WUMT/250-147/LE-08) which must be indicated
for our mutual convenience otherwise if you contact us there is no way we
can attend to you due to the rapid cyber/internet scam going on.
Regards,
Sincerely,
MR. MORRISON FISHWELL
DIRECT TELEPHONE: +44 704-579-3682,
WESTERN UNION PAYMENT & REGISTRATION DEPT MANAGER,
FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE BRANCH,
LONDON - ENGLAND.
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