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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: Patrick Manko <pmanko234@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:04:49 +0900
Subject: Dear Good friend
From Patrick Manko
Dear Good friend
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you.But if you do not remember me or my colleague, you might have received an email from us in the past regarding a million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded with you. I am using this opportunity to inform you that this million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from United Kingdom (London) who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you.
But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of the Africa to my new partner's account in UK who assisted me in this great venture but now I am in China for business mission, Due to your effort then, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness shown during the course of the transaction.I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand united State Dollars Only)
My dear friend I will like you to contact my secretary Mr. Henry Eze, on his direct email address at: (henryeze121@hotmail.fr) for the collection of your bank draft.I authorized him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you contact him regarding it. At the moment, I'm very busy here in China because of the investment projects, which I and my new partner are having at hand.Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart,Also comply with Henry Eze's directives so that he will send the draft to you without any delay.
CONTACT: Henry Eze
Email: henryeze121@hotmail.fr
Therefore, you should contact him and send him your telephone number/your current mailing address,{Home or Office} where you want him to send the draft to you.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Mr. Patrick Manko.
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