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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: "mrgilbertraymond006 Gazeta.pl" <mrgilbertraymond006@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:47:45 +0100
Subject: CONTACT APEX BANK FOR YOUR ATM MASTER CARD
ATTENTION; MY DEAR
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft
of 1.2m USDollars but i did not heard from you since that time then I went
and deposited the Draft with Apex Bank Plc here in Benin Republic, because I
travelled to Paraguay to see my boss and will not come back till next three
month end. I have arranged with them to make your payment to you with their
new ATM MASTER CARD which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM
MACHINE around the globe. You have to contact the Apex Bank Plc with your
full contact informations such as follows.
1. FULL NAME______
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER_____
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your
ATM CARD.
REV DR.GABRIEL AMOS DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT APEX BANK
MOBILE: +229 =97=75=31=47
EMAIL:customercare_apexbankbeninplc@yahoo.fr<EMAIL%3Acustomercare_apexbankbeninplc@yahoo.fr>
.)
I have paid for the processing and delivery charges.The only Money that your
are going to pay to them is only $195 Dollars which they will use to obtain
the Affidevit Of Onwership from the Federal High Court Of Benin Republic.
Try to contact them as soon as possible to quicken the processing of your
card before your draft gets Expired .
Let me know as soon as you receive your Card.
Thanks God bless you
Mr,GILBERT RAYMOND
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