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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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Fraud email example:
From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dr_Steven_Walker_?=" <info.network6@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:36:56 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear_Customer?=
The Desk of Dr Steven Walker Chairman
Fedex Courier Company west Africa
Dear Customer
From FedEx Courier Company West Africa, the Board of Director FedEx Courier Service department has ask me to contact you urgently to confirm from you if actually you know one Basharat Mirza who claims to be your Bother, business associate/ partner in Pakistan.
Note that this institution has concluded the 2008 Package and parcels Auditing today and we are set to conclude all the outstanding packages in this Company.
Customer,the said Mr.Basharat Mirza is claiming to us that you are dead and he will like to change all the Information's that was gave to us to Deliver your Package to you,which this Company have not deliver due to your in ability to Balance the Security Keeping fee.
We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mr. Basharat Mirza is correct.
For immediate Delivering of your Package Consignment with ATM CARD and some Documents, and to authenticate that such application by this man is wrong, you are urgently requested to reply this email today by RE-CONFIRMING THE BELOW INFORMATION'S TO THIS OFFICE:
1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) YOUR ADDRESS
3) TELEPHONE NO.
4) DATE OF BIRTH AND OCCUPATION
You are to contact us trough this email address: fedex@strompost.com as soon as you receive this message so as to know the true position of things with you so that we won't make any mistake in Delivering your Package to a wrong person/Address. Your quick response will help this Institution.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Steven Walker
Chairman Fedex Courier Company west Africa
---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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