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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Rasheed Mohammed <rasheed_mohammed@sify.com>
Reply-To: rasheed_mohammed1000@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:14:37 +1200
Subject: YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT/ATM CARD
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT (CBN)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
Attn:Contractor,
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your
contract/inheritance payment file and found out that why you have not
received
your payment, after having fulfilled all the obligations given to you
in
respect of your contract/inheritance payment.Based on that, we have
been
informed that you are dealing with none staffs of our Bank and your
entire attempt to secure the release of your fund failed.Therefore,
we
wish to advise you that such an illegal act will frustrate and stop
your
payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your
problem.Right
now we have concluded that arrangement for the release of your
payment
through our swift card payment center Asia pacific that is the latest
instruction order received from our new president.MR PRESIDENT, UMARU
MUSA
YARADUA
(GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,EFCC NIGERIA as well as the
INTERPOL
and FBI.
This card center will send to you an ATM CARD which you will use to
withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE CENTRE in the world with the
maximum of five hundred United States Dollars daily. Note, this
method
of
payment will be granted if it is acceptable to you for the release of
your
contract/inheritance entitlement, In View of this you are advice to
contact the ATM Payment Centre for further discussion. Dr Rasheed
Mohammed on
his Email: rasheed_mohammed1000@yahoo.com.hk As a matter
of fact, you are required to send the following information:
1. Your full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM Card
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification
The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out
$6,000,000.00 as part payment of your contract/inheritance
entitlement
for
this
fiscal year 2007.Also for your information, you are warned to stop
further
communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid delays
in
receiving your contract/inheritance payment claims.
Hence this will stop the impostors; we hereby issued to you our code
of
conduct, which is (ATM-4567) please you are meant to indicate this
code
when contacting the card center by using it as your subject.
Finally, for further discussion, you are advised to call or email me
as
soon as you receive this message for an update.
Regards,
Dr Usman Bello
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