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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: "paulozoh4 Gazeta.pl" <paulozoh4@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:00:41 +0200
Subject: CONTACT UPS VIA E-MAIL ( ups00229@gmail.com (or) ups_00229@mail.md ) FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT FUNDS
BP485 Rue de Governeur Fourn Cotonou, Benin Republic
Greetings My Dear.
This is to inform you that due to your inablity to contact me on time for
your bank draft of $1.8 MILLION usd as instructed by My Boss,i have waited
for long now yet no result, then i decided to involve the issued bank to
avoid losing of the funds since bank draft have only 21 banking days of
validity.
When i got to the bank,the director told me that the cheque has one week to
expire that after one week it will be invalid then he advised me to hire a
lawyer that can help me to convert the bank draft into cash.I did as he told
me.And he helped me to registered it to the best Delivery company here in
Benin Republic.
Below is thier email address, ( ups00229@gmail.com (or) ups_00229@mail.md
)
and the Directors name is ( Dr.Philip Moore
Telephone.......+229-938-99-038
Note: your package was registered under security monitoring department for
security reasons,he only fee they may demand from you is their security
keeping fee which is $100.00 as the director told me, tell them that your
agent register your package with them for delivery .
Ask them to send you a copy of your consignment before you send them the
money,and they will send you deposit slip, but make sure you send them the
$100.00 immediately , they will send you the copy of your consignment ok.
Remember to reconfirm the followings information to them :
Your Full Name ................
Your Home Address..............
Your current Phone Numbers ......... which they can get you anytime they
call you.
A Copy of your picture.....
Your country.......
UPDATE THEM WITH YOUR NEARST INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL AIRPORT , AND TELL THEM
TO SEND YOU A COPY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BEFORE YOU SEND THEY $100.00 ,BUT IF
YOU ARE NOT THE REAL PERSON PLEASE DON'T CONTACT THEM OK.
NB; , PLEASE MIND THE PIN CODES SO THAT THEY CONNOT MISPLACE YOUR
CONSIGNMENT.
PIN CODE: ZMB 101/68/50/SOUTH AFRICA.
BATCH NO: 40/Z/2007/S.A. VIA. USA.
Thanks
Mr.Paul Ozoh.
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