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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?Central=20Bank?= <bcentral39@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: centralbank55k@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:10:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PAYMENT!
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:bcentral39@yahoo.com.co
- Dear Beneficiary,I am pleased to inform you that ($50.000.00) (Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) has been approved and was credited to your favour following an open ballot conduct lottery won by your E-mail address in Category C.Secound Quater of 2009.Officially approved by the Federal Government.The amount in question has been credited from our Bank and shall be processed -Via BANK TO BANK TRANSFER.We urgently request a recomfirmation of your Full Names/Home or Office address with your complete names with Telephone/Fax # -Bank Account Name/Account Numbers, Routing, Bank address, Bank Telephone #,These is for immediate crediting of your account for transfer of your winning Prize. We shall be pleased to advise you with further directives upon response and recomfirmation of an detailed informations/bank details as requested above. Thank you for your urgent response.Best regards,PROFESSOR CHARLES.C.SOLUDO.(GOVERNOR CENTRAL GOVERNOR)
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