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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: promotion.08@mchsi.com (goforgoldbeijingpromo@Gmail.com )
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:27:00 +0000
Subject: SAMSUNG GO-FOR-GOLD BEIJING OLYMPIC PROMOTION
Samsung Beijing Olympic Go-For-Gold Promotion ! Samsung Beijing Olympic Go-
For-Gold Promotion ! Samsung Beijing Olympic Go-For-Gold Promotion ! ! !
Samsung Beijing Olympic Go-For-Gold Promotion Held in NIGERIA.
Special Notification;
During the coarse of the Samsung Beijing Olympic Go-For-Gold Promotion we came
across your Email Address and luckly your Email Address was selected during an
open ballot lottry held in Nigeria.
As a prowd sponsore of the Beijing 2008 Olympics held in China we have decided
to award you with the sum of $900,000 U.S.D
Inorder to claim your prize you will need to send a mail to the claim
department at goforgoldbeijingpromo@Gmail.com starting your Fullname, Age,
Sex, Country, Address, Poster Code and Occupation, most importantly you will
also need to send your Account Name, Account Number, Bank Name and Swift Bank
Transfer Code.
Your reply is urgently needed.
Signed by Mr. Ibrahim Okarfor the Promotion Manager.
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