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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: "JOHN SIN" <johnsin020@ig.com.br>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:06:40 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION FROM JOHN MIKE
My Dear Good Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those fundstransferred
under the cooperation of a new partne from paraguay.Presently i'm in
Paraguay for investmentprojects with my own share of thetotal sum.
meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts toassist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how,now contact my
secretary in Benin his name is john mike on( johnmike2004@hotmail.fr ) ask
him to send you the total of $1.5MUSD whichi kept for your compensation for
all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get
itouched with my secretary john mike and instruct him where to send thamount
to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that wecan share the joy
after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment,I amvery busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having
at hand, finally, remember that I hadforwarded instruction to the secretary
on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with john
mike , he will send the amount to you without any delay.
NOTE :BELWO HERE IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TO MY
SECRETARY
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY .
(4) YOUR ID EITHER INTERNATIONAL PAS-PORT OR DRIVING LINCES .
Regards,
M JOHN
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