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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: "chris ibotaa" <chrisibotaa66@me.by>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:56:16 +0200
Subject: CONTACT THE UNIVERAL EXPRESS DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY
Attn,
I have waited enough to send your draft worth of $980,000.00 for your
compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in business
transcation that time, but did not receive any money to mail the draft to
you and the time it will be expired is getting near, I finally arranged with
the bank manger of FINACIAL TRUST BANK BENIN REPUBLIC MR PHILIP AMAGA and he
has coverted the draft into cash payemt and package it in a diplomatic box
the arrangement has been finalized with UNIVERAL EXPRESS DELIVERY COURIER
COMPANY THE RELIABLE DELIVERY SYSTEM to send the package through diplomatic
courier service i have contacted them and they told me that you should
forward all this information below to them.Please carefully confirm your
full house address, your private mobial phone number and send it to them to
avoid wrong delivery of the consignmet to your doorstep.
FIRST NAME .......................
LAST NAME ...........................
OCCUPATION.............................
YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS...............
AGE..................................
YOUR PICTURE. ...........................
YOUR NEXT OF KIN .........................
TELPHONE NUMBER......................
FAX NUMBER...............................
HOUSE ADDRESS ...................................
Also remember that they did not know the content of the box I registered it
as an Africa cloths. They don't know that it contents money. this is to
avoid them delaying with the delivery of the box to you .i don't want you to
let them know that the content of the box is money.
JUST FEEL FREE AND CONTACT THEM WITH THIS EMAIL
universal_express@africamail.com
universal_express@email.com
BATCH NO AX77
SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
CONSIGNMENT REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01
CONTACT PERSON /MR VICTOR ADA.
ADDRESS NO5 AKPAKPA WHTIE HOUSE BULIDING 9TH FLOOR BENIN REPUBLIC.
TEL PHONE NUMBER..+229-9757-2729
BEST REGARS,
CHRIS IBOTAA ESQ
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