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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: "Mrs Monical Walter" <ecowas_0080@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:27:54 -0700
Subject: Your Email Id Has Won $1,000,000.00
Congratulations as we inform you that your e-mail address
emerged as one of the successful chosen reciepient of
$1,000,000.00 United States Dollars.
Your e-mail address was chosen using computer balloting.
Here are your Identification Numbers below:
Batch number.....................ECW09102XN
Reff number.......................ECW35447XN
Winning number...................ECW09788
You are required therefore to send the following
informations below for claims:
Full names:
Address:
Age:
Sex;
Occupation:
Monthly Income:
Telephone numbers:
Country:
(CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT)
Name: Dr. Walam Jackson
Tel: +2348052161037
E-mail: ecowasclaimorg@yahoo.cn
Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Monical Walter
Congratulations your e-mail address has won you
$1,000,000.00 United States
Dollars. Your e-mail address was chosen using computer
balloting.
Here are your Identification Numbers below:
Batch Number.....................ECW09102XN
Ref Number.......................ECW35447XN
Winning Number...................ECW09788
You are required therefore to send the following
informations below for claims:
Full names:
Address:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Monthly Income:
Telephone numbers:
Country:
(CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT)
Name: Dr. Coleman Moore
Tel: +2348066157914
E-mail: ecowas_0080@yahoo.com.hk
Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Monical Walter
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON YOU THE SUM OF $1,000,000.00
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