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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:03:07 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?DHL_COURIER_SERVICES?=
> Goodday!!!!!!!!
>
> I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
> Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.5m United States Dollars, but I
> did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then
> I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or
> getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson the Director Bank of
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