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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: "office file" <officemailbox37@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:51:32 +0200
Subject: CONTACT DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING COMPANY IMMEDIATELY
*Dear Friend,
I have Paid the fee for your Cheque Draft.but the manager of African Bank
Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire.So
i told him to cash $1.500,000.00 all the necessary arrangement of delivering
the $1.500,000.00 in cash was made with DHL GLOBAL COMPANY. This in the
information they need to delivery your package to you.
ATTN:====DR ABEL JOHNSON
TEl: :====+229-938-650-77
EMAIL===(**dhlcustomere@live.fr* <dhlcustomere@live.fr>*)*
*Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they
need from you.
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR COUNTRY
4.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
6.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid mistake on the delivery.I
gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again
to avoid any mistake in the delivering including with your ID or
Picture.Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive the package box
contains $1.5MILLION .
SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01
Note.The DHL GLOBAL COMPANY don't know the contents of the Box.I registered
it as a Box of an Africa cloths. They don't know it contents $1.5MILLION.
don't let them know that is money that is in that package Box.*
*Thanks and God bless you and your family.**
Barrister Nnameka Okwumu*
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