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Fraud email example:
From: "david foster" <davidfoster197@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesmark2003@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:07:34 +0100
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary, Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card
FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVID FOSTER
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card
Attn: Beneficiary,
We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you,
your over due contract/inheritance fund which you could not
complete the process of the released of your transfer pin code through the
Digitalized Payment System. We have decided to pay your funds
without any requested fee but through (ATM Master Express Credit Card) This
arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank and
Paris Club,due to fruadelent activities going on within the African Region.
The World Bank and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to
enable our contractors/inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund
without any interfference. the ATM Master Express Credit Card was contracted
and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE. Reconfirm the
following information to us for Security reason.
1)YOUR FULL NAME
2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4)YOUR PROFESSION
5)YOUR AGE
Upon the receipt of this mail we are going to load your fund into the Master
Express Credit Card and send a scan copy of the card to you before
we will proceed to despatch the card directly to your nominated home
addresss so you absolutely have nothing to worry about all we need is
your Prompt Response and Co-operation by Gods Grace we will have a
successfull Transaction.
Contact the ATM CARD department
MR James Mark
Email To Contact : jamesmark2003@googlemail.com
TEL: +2348080823286
CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.
BEST REGARDS,
MR DAVID FOSTER
DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
CC:ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS
CC:CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
CC:BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]
CC:ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA
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