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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <atmcenteratmcenter@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:42:38 +0000
Subject: FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.



FILE CODE #: ATM/LAG/NG
ATTN: BENEFICIARY,
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.
In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF and the European Union(EU), this is to notify you of your enlistment as a beneficiary of arecent Debt Management and Settlement Forum organized on the status ofglobal arrangement to have your beneficiary fund settled once and forall.Of course, In the hope that you must have been aware of the pastfinancial leakages in the European foreign inheritance payment system,and frustrations associated there from in your last attempt to claimyourfund, fund of beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected tounnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming funds due tothem. TheWorld Body,
having solicited and received the cooperation of Nigerian Presidency,in harmonizing the sequence of payments, have discovered from recordsof outstanding foreign inheritance fund of beneficiaries due them, thatyour name and payment has been with held and remain unpaid as a resultof such bottleneck. On the prompting of this finding, I wish toofficially notify you that all aspects of your payment claim is beingharmonized, enabling payment to be released to you as urgently as youact on the instructions of this mail.
Consequently, Afribank Nigeria Plc has been directed by the World Bodyto off set these outstanding debts, using ATM Swift Card paymentarrangement. Already, a total amount of USD500 Million has beenprovided to the bank for this purpose and it is on first come firstserve. With this arrangement, I wish to inform you that AfribankNigeria Plc has been instructed to issue in your name an Atm Cash Cardwith the valuedamount of USD200,000. In paying this amount to you, please note that it iswithout Prejudice to your original inheritance sum. Rather, it is astop-gap payment arrangement put in place by the World Body to on theone hand ensure that you receive part of your fund, while on the otherhand ensure that the process is smooth and without any form of stresswhatsoever, whereas a comprehensive arrangement shall be made in futureto pay off the remaining fund due to you.
However, we are worried with the counter information received from oneMr. Casey Collins , purporting to be from your directive, with expressinstruction to activate the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to hisname a bank account in the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitantto honor this instruction as it were, and would request that youclarify same upon your contact with Afribank Nigeria Plc . In additionto that, you should provide the bank with the following details toforestall any mistake of issuing the ATM Card with the wronginformation already submitted by Mr. Casey Collins:
(1) Your full names, address, phone, fax and Cell numbers (up to date)for ease of contact(2) Beneficiary name for activation of your ATM CARD.
Believing that this arrangement will suit your condition andexpectations, we will therefore request for your expedited response toavoid any more delay.
Your file reference code for your payment is ATM/LAG/NG and shouldbe quoted in your contact mail to the bank otherwise the bank will notrecognize or process your ATM Swift Payment.

Senator David MarkPresident Federal Republic OF Nigeria.

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