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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: hotrod30a@mchsi.com (grant_004@live.com)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:24:43 +0000
Subject: Dear Recipient
Dear Recipient,
Your Email Adress have won you the sum of 200,000.00 GBP in Microsoft
Award Promotion,Kindly Provide your full Details for claims and
preferred mode of payment(A) Courier (B)Bank.E-mail:grant_004@live.com
Name:
Address:
Occoupation:
Age:
Sex:
Country:
Regards,
Microsoft Organisation.
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