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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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Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs Joanna Benz" <joanna_benz@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: joanna_benz44@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:59:48 +0530 (IST)
Subject:
Greetings!
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirm able Bank
Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you
since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with TNT COURIER
SERVICE, West Africa, I travelled out of the country for some Months
Course and I will not come back till the end of September.
What you have to do now is to contact the TNT COURIER SERVICE as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the
expiring date. For your information,I have paid for the delivering Charge,
Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing
that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your
Country. You are advice to contact the courier services immediatey
Again, I would have paid for the Security Keeping fee but they refused
because they said they don't know when you will contact them and in case
of demur rage. You have to contact the TNT COURIER SERVICE now for the
delivery of your Draft with this information, All you have to do is
contact or furnish TNT COURIER SERVICE with your identification for
verification of the details there in their office: send them the following
details
Names in full, .............
Residential Address ...............
Telephone number, ..........
Contact Person: Mr. James Collins
Email Address: tnt_courierservices1@hotmail.com
Telephone:+234-803-296-6083
Contact them there and know when the Draft will get to your address, Let
me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to
avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping
fee of $285.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Joanna Benz
-- Sent at 19:07:10 on 08/02/08 through NITK (http://www.nitk.ac.in/) Email Gateway . AV scanning & Spam checking are done on this mail --
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