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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: "kalujames5 Gazeta.pl" <kalujames5@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:28:11 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you & your Family.
Dear Friend,
Greetings to you & your Family.
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of £1,000,000.00 Euro, but I did not hear from you since that time,
Then I went and deposited the Draft with Global Basic Security and Courier
Company, Cotonou, Benin Republic before I travelled out of the country for a
short Course and I will not come back till end of the year. What you have to
do now is to contact the Global Basic Security and Courier Company as soon
as possible and instruct them to deliver your package to you.
For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charges, The only money
you will send to the Courier & Security Company to deliver your Draft direct
to your postal Address in your country is ($155.00) for their Security
Keeping Fee, Contact the director of the Courier company immediately and
call him as you contact him:
Director Global Security and Courier Company Benin Republic.
Director Name Rev. Tony Okolo
Telephone Number 00 229-9399-2575.
E-mail Address: globalbasicourier01@yahoo.fr
Registration No; Eg2272
Security Code Number: 01721457
Therefore contact the courier company with the information blow to send your
consignment to you.
1.YOUR FULL NAME-?
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS:?
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:?
4. PACKAGE NUMBER: JKT0014523
N.B: Remenber to quote the package number as you contact the courier company
for identification.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Kalu James.
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