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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: "Tina Barwick" <tinabarwick6@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: tinabarwick50@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:14:23 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend,
Dear Friend,
I am Mrs.Tina Barwick, an accounts officer with Diamond Bank Plc, and would
like you to stand as the Next of kin to our deceased customer who made a
deposit of (8.6 Million) with our bank before his death .
He died Intestate or any registered next of kin and as such the funds now
have an open beneficiary mandate that who ever shall provide a person with
a proof of documents, then i decided to contact you since i have with my
possession documents that will back up this claims if you are interested
please do let me know So that I can give you comprehensive details on what
we are to do. Please reply to my private email address as stated here
below,
tinabarwick@universia.cl
I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.
Best regards,
Mrs.Tina Barwick.
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