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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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Fraud email example:
From: cabinetclaudelory <cabinetclaudelory@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: fedex_couriercom@live.fr
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:13:34 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION!!!
ATTENTION!!!=20
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO COME DOWN HERE AND PICK YOUR $1.5 MILLION
DOLLARS USD BUT I DID NOT HEARD FROM YOU. THEN I WENT AND DEPOSITED THE
$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS USD, AS A CONSIGNMENT BOX TO FEDEX COURIER COMAPNY
BENIN BRANCH.IN BENIN REPUBLIC, BECAUSE I TRAVELLED TO SAUDI ARABIA AND I
WILL NOT COME BACK TILL NEXT MONTH END.I WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE FEDEX
COURIER COMAPNY BENIN BRANCH. TO KNOW WHEN THEY WILL DELIVER YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU.PLEASE I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ONLY THE DIRECT=
OR
KNOWS THE CONTENT AND NO BODY ELSE KNOWS ABOUT THIS ONLY MR. MAXWELL SHAG=
AN
THE DIRECTOR SO PLEASE WAIST NO TIME IN CONTACTING THEM WITH THE BELOW
INFORMATION.I HAVE PAID FOR THE DELIVERY FEE SO THE ONLY MONEY YOU HAVE T=
O
SEND TO THEM NOW IS THE SECURITY KEEPING FEE WHICH IS $185USD OF YOUR
CONSIGNMENT. PLEASE I WILL ADVICE YOU TO BE FRIENDLY WITH MR. MAXWELL
SHAGAN THE DIRECTOR BECAUSE HE ALONE HAS THE IDEA OF THE CONTENT OF YOUR
CONSIGNMENT.BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
I DID NOT GIVE HIM THE KEY OF
THE BOX SO PLEASE TAKE NOTE SO AS SOON AS THEY DELIVER THE CONSIGNMENT US=
E
THIS(CODE NUMBERS TO OPEN THE TOW BOX TO KNOW IF THE COMPLETE AMOUNT OF
$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS USD IS IN IT. THE BOX CODE (0036589)AND I WANT YOU =
TO
KEEP THIS CODE NUMBERS CONFIDENTIAL IN YOUR HOME TO AVOID ANOTHER PERSON
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR MONEY.MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.CONTAC=
T
PERSON/MR. MAXWELL SHAGAN E-MAIL/ (FEDEX_COURIERCOM@LIVE.FR [1])
WEBSITE/WWW.FEDEX.COM CONTACT PHONE NUMBER/ +229-93-86-18-88 OR(+229)
93-11-29-82 TRY TO CONTACT THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID INCREASING T=
HE
SECURITY KEEPING FEE I GAVE THEM YOUR DELIVERING ADDRESS BUT YOU HAVE TO
RECONFIRM IT TO THEM AGAIN TO AVOID THEM MAKING MISTAKE IN DELIVERING YOU=
R
CONSIGNMENT TO YOUR HOME, RECONFIRM BELOW INFORMATION TO THE COMPANY
IMMEDIATELY AND TELL THEM TO SEND TO YOU THE AIRWAY BILL RECEIPT AS SOON =
AS
YOU SEND THEM THE SECURITY FEE IS $185USD. I WOULD HAVE PAID THE SECURITY
FEE FOR YOU BUT
THEY SAID NO WAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WILL
CONTACT THEM SO PLEASE THEY ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO CONTACT THEM WITH YOUR
INFORMATION TO AVOID MISTAKE IN DELIVERY. AND LET THEM KNOW ALSO THAT THE=
Y
SHOULD WAIST NO TIME IN SENDING TO YOU THE TRACKING NUMBER OF YOUR
CONSIGNMENT SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO TRACK IT AND KNOW WHEN IT WILL
ARRIVE YOUR COUNTRY. =20
YOUR FULL NAME-------- YOU'RE ADDRESS-------HOME TELEPHONE--------CELL
TELEPHONE-----YOUR PIC--------- YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION---LET ME KNOW AS
SOON AS YOU RECEIVE YOUR CONSIGNMENT, AND CHECK THE CONTENTS WEATHER THE
COMPLETE OF THE TOTAL $1.5 MILLION DOLLARS USD IS IN IT.PLEASE ALWAYS CAL=
L
THEM TO KNOW THE CONDITION OF THIS BOX BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE CONTENT SO
PLEASE LET IT BE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU SO TRY AND DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE =
TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOX GETS TO YOUR HOME WITH OUT ANY DELAY.=20
Regards.
SENATOR BEN =20
Links:
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[1] mailto:fedex_couriercom@live.fr
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