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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: "issa khalam" <dr_issa_khalam@peru.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 08:45:58 +0000
Subject: Repply me immediately
From: Dr Issa Khalam
Attention please,
I am Dr Issa Khalam thebank manager of BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICABRANCH.
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality thatyou will keep
this as top secret. don't be scared or surprised, i am themanager of BANK OF
AFRICA and i have an opportunity to transfer sum ofUS$10.5MILLION (TEN
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS) .
Ihave the courage to look for a reliable and Honest Person who will
becapable for this important business Transaction, believing that you
willnever let me down either now or in Future. The owner of this account
isJOSEPH F. GRILLO, foreigner and he is the Manager Of
petrol chemicalservice, a chemical engineer by Proffession.He died in
world tradecenter as a victim of the September 11,2001 Incident that befall
theUnited State of America, the bank has made series of efforts to
contactany of the relatives to claim this money but without success, you can
confirm through this website:
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID60
And my Investigation proved to me as well that his company does notknow
anything About this account.
I want to transfer this money intoa safe foreign account abroad but I
Don't know any foreigner,I knowthat this message will come to you as a
surprise as we don't knowourselves before, but be sure that it is real And
A Genuine transaction.hope that you will never let me down in this
transaction, at theconclusion of this business, you will be giving 30% of
the total amount,70% will be for me. I look forward to your earliest reply
by email formore details Thanks.
Best regards
Dr Khalam
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