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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: "akpaego50 Gazeta.pl" <akpaego50@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:06:42 +0100
Subject: Hello my good friend,
Hello my good friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from VIETNAM. Presently i'm in
VIETNAM for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Benin, his name is barr lucky on Email:(
barr_lucky_obumu01@yahoo.fr ) and his Telephone:+229-97-76-17-59 ask him
to send you the total of $1,200,000.00 which i kept for your compensation
for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in
touched with my secretary barr lucky and instruct him where to send the
amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings at that time. At the moment, I'm very busy here
because of the investment projects which the new partner and I are having at
hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him, He
will send the amount to you without any delay.
You are advised to send him this information below:
1.Your full Name,.............
2.Telephone number,....................
3.Your correct m ailing address where you want him to send the cheque
to you
Thanks and Regards.
Mr akpaego
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