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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: "Charles Soludo" <charlesludoffice008@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: williammartin001@sify.com
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 03:22:38 +0200
Subject: ATM Card Beneficiary
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Zaria Street, Off Samuel Akintola Street,
Garki 11, Garki-Abuja.
Our Ref: FGN/CBN/NIG/06/2007. Your Ref...............................
>From The Desk Of
Prof. Charles Soludo
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
SUBJECT: Immediate Release of Your FUND Via ATM CARD
Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,
I wish to use this medium to inform you that your CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
Payment of
USD$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars) from CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA have
been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you via an ATM CARD which
you will
use to withdraw all the USD$10,000,000.00 in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any
part of the
world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only
We have mandated IBTC CHARTERED BANK PLC, to send you the ATM CARD and PIN
NUMBER which
you will use to withdraw all your USD$10 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE
MACHINE in
any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is
USD$10,000.00 Only.
You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of IBTC
CHARTERED
BANK PLC;
Contact Person: Mr.William Martin,
Office email address:williammartin001@sify.com<address%3Awilliammartin001@sify.com>
Open phone number: + 234-867189567.
Tell Mr.William Martin, that you received a message from the New Federal
Ministry of
Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria instructing him to send you the ATM
CARD and PIN
NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$10 Million Dollars in any ATM
SERVICE
MACHINE in any part of the world, also send him your direct phone number and
contact
address where you want him to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you.
We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past years.
Thanks for
adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.
Best Regards.
Prof. Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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