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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: Ezio Kobayashi <eziokbysh@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:23:24 +0800 (CST)
Subject: DEAR VICTIM-FULLNAME,YOUR INFORMATION
DEAR VICTIM-FULLNAME,
HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU , INDICATING YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO US.I WILL WANT TO GIVE YOU MY WORD THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% FREE AND SAFE TO BOTH OF US.I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECTED TO ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF ANY SORT NOW OR IN FUTURE.
IN REFERENCE TO OUR EARLIER MAIL, WE TOLD YOU THAT WE ARE SOLICITING THE HELP OF REPUTABLE INDIVIDUALS/CORPORATE BODIES IN COLLECTING PAYMENTS MADE TO US BY OUR CUSTOMERS OVERSEAS, AND SO WE ARE GLAD YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO HELP.
WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING OF YOU, IS THAT BASED ON THE SCOPE OF THIS ORGANISATION AND THE MODE OF TRANSACTION WITH OUR CLIENT, WE ARE LOOKING FOR REPUTABLE AND DEDICATED FIRM/ INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL ACT AS OUR PAYMENT OFFICER ACROSS THE GLOBE(REPRESENTATING OUR COMPANY)AS WE ARE ENCOURAGING TRANSACTIONS WITH COUNTRIES OVERSEAS.
WE CANNOT BE PAYING YOU DIRECTLY LIKE OUR PERMANENT STAFF,BUT STRICTLY ON COMMISSION BASIS,THAT IS TO SAYTEN PERCENT (10%) OF ANY PAYMENT MADE THROUGH YOU TO US(ITOCHU CORPORATION) BY OUR CUSTOMERS WILL COVER FOR YOUR BENEFITS/COMMISSION AT ANY POINT OF ANY TRANSACTION.
AS AT THIS VERY MOMENT WE(CHEM n HERB) ARE HAVING A CLIENT OF OURS THAT IS OWEING US SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY,AND THE CLIENT IS DUE FOR PAYMENT,BUT FOR THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME LOCATION AS OUR CLIENT,THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN EASILY COLLECT THIS PAYMENT,THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSITANCE IN DOING THIS AS YOUR CLOSENESS AS REGARDS LOCATION WILL FACILITATE THIS MODE OF RECIEVING PAYMENT,MAKE IT SAFER, AND EASIER.
ALL ALONG, YOU WILL BE DULY/PROPERLY INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO GO ABOUT RECIEVING FUNDS FROM OUR CLIENT,COLLECTING YOUR COMMISSION, AND SENDING OUR COMPANY THE BALANCE FUNDS.
WE WILL WANT TO BE REST ASSURED THAT YOU ARE A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON AS I HAVE NOT SEEN OR MET YOU BEFORE,AND THAT YOU WILL ASSURE US THAT YOU WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTEEMED QUALITIES.
WE WILL REQUEST OF YOU TO PROVIDE US,WITH SOME MORE DETAILS AS REGARDS YOU AND YOUR FIRM.
BELOW IS THE FORMAT WE EXPECT YOU TO GET YOUR DATA SENT.
NAME:
NATIONALITY: .
ADDRESS:
AGE:
AGREED ON %:
PHONE NO:
CELL:
FAX NO:
NAME OF FIRM:
POSISION HELD:
EMAIL:
MARATIAL STATUS:
HOWEVER IF THERE ARE MORE DETAILS,THAT WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO US,WE WILL APPRECIATE THAT YOU GET IT SENT ASAP.
NB:THESE INFO WILL BE SUBJECTED TO VERIFICATION, BY THE VERIFICATION UNIT,BEFORE WE CAN ENTRUST YOU WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEALING WITH OUR CLIENT,ON OUR BEHALF.
WE AWAIT YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.
REGARDS,
MR EIZO KOBAYASHI.
PRESIDENTAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
NOTE:REPLY THIS MESSAGE AS SOON AS IT GET TO YOU.
www.itochu.co.jp
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