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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: =?utf-8?q?USMAN=20BELLO?= <usmanbello_information@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: informationcenter2222@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:53:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:usmanbello_information@yahoo.com.co
- Attn:Beneficiary We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President Umar Musa Yar'Adua and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria, Prof Charles Soludo held a meeting last week concerning payment , both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated , so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly .Now you are directed to contact Central Bank Of Nigeria Plc immediately so your atm card will be insured and send to your mailing address, also you should reconfirm your informations as follows Full name, Mailing address/receiver's address, direct telephone number and fax.This is to avoid mistake while dispatching your atm card package to you. Contact Person: Mr. Emma Elue Email: informationcenter2222@gmail.com Contact him now with the above requested information and inform him that you received an email from The Federal House of Senate. Federal Republic of Nigeria , Instructing you to contact him for immediate release of yor fund and forward your Details to his office to avoid delivery mistake . NOTE : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call , if we still find out that you are still dealing with those fraudsters that have been frustrating , We shall stop and cancel your payment immediately .Best Regards Usman Bello
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