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Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs.Joan Adams" <jadams30@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:48:41 +0200
Subject: Contact Mr Charles Morgan
ALHAJI AND ALHAJI HOLDINGS.
SECRETARY OFFICE.
COUNSELORS AT LAW
06 BP
1409 AKPAKPA AGALAN
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
Dear ,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Cashier's
Cheque which was given to me by my Boss, Alhaji Dangote to keep till you
contacted me. This Cashier's Cheque worth US$1.5M but I did not heard from
you since that time , then I went and deposited the Cashier's Cheque with
DIPCSCO Courrier company here in Benin Republic , because I travelling to
Iraq to see my Boss and will not come back till Three months time. You have
to contact the DIPCSCO Courier company to know when they will deliver your
package .I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fee.
The only money they will ask you, to send to them is their security keeping
fee which is $150 to received your package. Don't be deceived by any body,
this is the only expenses you will make and the Cashier's Cheque will be
delivered to your address. This is the Contact Address of Mr Charles Morgan
of Diplomatic Courrier service company in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
E-mail: ( dipcsca1@yahoo.com.hk )
Phone number +229-93-4233-94.
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee.I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it
to them again to avoid any mistake in the delivering and once more, you
should bear in mind that this US$150 is the only expenses you will make and
the Cashier's Cheque will be delivered to your address as you provided.
Hence get them to give you the information which you will use to send the
US$150 to them and instruct the Director Mr Charles Morgan to get the
delivery of your Cashier's Cheque to your address
YOUR FULL NAME-------------
CONTACT ADDRESS------------
TELEPHONE NUMBER-----------
FAX NUMBER-----------------
Please, Do Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft .
Thanks
Mrs. Joan Adams
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