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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: "shoke ede" <shoke010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshokede@yahoo.ie
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:01:16 -0700
Subject: Att:MD/CEO.
Att:MD/CEO.
I AM MR.SHOKE EDE,THE BANK MANAGER OF ECO BANK PLC, ENUGU BRANCH NIGERIA.
I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY BRIEF BUSINESS WITH YOU, THERE IS A DORMANT ACCOUNT
IN MY BANK WITH A CREDIT BALANCE OF USD 95,700,000) WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT
SINCE 2003. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE
ACCOUNT DIED ALSO ON 2003 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THAT HE LEFT NO NEXT OF KIN
TO THE ACCOUNT,READ MORE STORIES ABOUT THE CRASH VISITING THIS WEBSITE:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY. AND THEN MY POSITION AS THE BANK BRANCH
MANAGER GIVES CLEARANCE FOR ONWARD REMISSION OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
KIND REGARDS,
MR.SHOKE EDE.
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