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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: "chris ibotaa" <chrisibotaa1@me.by>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:27:54 +0200
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY
Attn,
I have waited enough to send your bank draf $980,000 .00 but i did not
receive any money to mail the bank draft to you and the time it will be
expired is getting near, I finally arranged with the bank manger of FINACIAL
TRUST BANK BENIN REPUBLIC MR PHILIP AMAGA and he has coverted the bank draft
into cash payemt and package it in a diplomatic box the arrangement has been
finalized with GLOBAL EXPRESS DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY THE RELIABLE DELIVERY
SYSTEM to send the package through diplomatic courier service i have
contacted them and they told me that you should forward all this information
below to them.Please carefully confirm your full house address, your private
mobial phone number and send it to them to avoid wrong delivery of the
consignmet to your doorstep.
FIRST NAME .......................
LAST NAME ...........................
OCCUPATION.............................
YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS...............
AGE..................................
YOUR PICTURE. ...........................
YOUR NEXT OF KIN .........................
TELPHONE NUMBER......................
FAX NUMBER...............................
HOUSE ADDRESS ...................................
NEAREST AIR PORT ...................................
PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION : (PASSPORT OR DRIVES' LICENSE
...................................
Also remember that they did not know the content of the box I registered it
as an Africa cloths. They don't know that it contents money. this is to
avoid them delaying with the delivery of the box to you .i don't want you to
let them know that the content of the box is money.
JUST FEEL FREE AND CONTACT THEM WITH THIS EMAIL
global_express@earthling.net
BATCH NO AX077
SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
CONSIGNMENT REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE NO SCT/2071DHX3
CONTACT PERSON /MR VICTOR ADA.
ADDRESS NO5 AKPAKPA WHTIE HOUSE BULIDING 9TH FLOOR BENIN REPUBLIC.
TEL PHONE NUMBER..+229-9757-2729
BEST REGARS,
CHRIS IBOTAA ESQ
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