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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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Fraud email example:
From: "Akeem Mustaf" <akeem_005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: akeem_005@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:54:19 +0000
Subject: APPROVED CONTRACT PAYMENT
DEAR SIR
RE: APPROVED CONTRACT PAYMENT OF US$15.5 MILLION ONLY
EXECUTED UNDER C/NO:FMF/PED/CBN/1277-02.
With due respect, I am a director with the Federal
Ministry of Finance and was instructed by the Hon.
Minister of Finance to find out before the end of this
month, why your contract/ claim of your fund have not
been credited to your bank account, after instructions
has been passed to all various Government parastatals
that all over due contract/ claim payments should be
released as a lot of petitions by beneficiary's is
being received by the Minister.
Your bank details is what this office requires from
you to reconfirm,with your telephone and fax numbers
respectively, and any other information.
However, why have you not received your payment
up-till
date? In view of this circumstances, I will give my
assistance to make sure your file is in order for
payment as two unknown people came for the claim of
the funds and submitted bank account claiming that you
are sick.
Yours faithfully,
Sir AKEEM MUSTAF
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