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Fraud email example:
From: "David Foster" <davidfosterx1@beehive.org>
Reply-To: jamesmark2002@googlemail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:06:23 +0100
Subject: Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card
FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVID FOSTER
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card
Attn: Beneficiary,
We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you,
your over due contract/inheritance fund which you could not complete the
process of the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitalized
Payment System. We have decided to pay your funds without any requested fee
but through (ATM Master Express Credit Card) This arrangement was
initiated/constituted by the World Bank and Paris Club,due to fruadelent
activities going on within the African Region.
The World Bank and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to
enable our contractors/inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without
any interfference. the ATM Master Express Credit Card was contracted and
powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE. Reconfirm the following information to us
for Security reason.
1)YOUR FULL NAME
2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4)YOUR PROFESSION
5)YOUR AGE
Upon the receipt of this mail we are going to load your fund into the Master
Express Credit Card and send a scan copy of the card to you before we will
proceed to despatch the card directly to your nominated home addresss so you
absolutely have nothing to worry about all we need is your Prompt Response
and Co-operation by Gods Grace we will have a successfull Transaction.
Contact the ATM CARD department
MR James Mark
Email To Contact : jamesmark2002@googlemail.com
TEL: +2348080823286
CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.
BEST REGARDS,
MR DAVID FOSTER
DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
CC:ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS
CC:CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
CC:BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]
CC:ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA
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