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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: "ugo christ" <ugochrist7@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:46:02 +0200
Subject: contact fedex courier company for your shipping package.
Dear Friend,
Compliment of the new year, I have been waiting for you since to come down
here and pick your Bank Draft which my boss left with me before he travelled
to England but I did not hear from you since that time till today. I went
to the bank to confirm whether the draft is getting close to expire as it
had been long time my boss issued the draft. The director of the bank told
me that before the draft will get to you, that it will expire. Then I told
him to help me and cash the cashier bank draft of $800,000,00. to cash
payment. However, I have successfully cashed the draft and packaged it in a
box and have registered it in the Fedex Express Company Service here in
Benin Republic because I will travell to see my boss in England and will not
come back till August 24th 2008. You have to contact the Fedex Express
Company Service to know when they will deliver your package to your address.
I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fees. The only money
you have to send to them is their security keeping feeswhich is USD$130.00
USD to receive your package. Don't be deceived by any body.
This is their Contact Address;
Attn: Dr. Albert Nwafor (Director)
Tel: +229-9390-4496
E-mail: fedexmanager01@live.fr
Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately
they arrived in your country with your package.This is the information they
needed from you.
1. Your full name:.....
2. Your shipping/home address:.....
3. Your tel no #......
4. Your current office tel no #
5. A copy of your passport.
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasement of the
security keeping fees Note; I didn't tell the Fedex Express Company Service
that it's money inside the box, I registered it as a church of a Church
Minister Materials. This is to avoid delay or any upfront problem during the
delivery. So, do not let them know that the package contents money. Do let
me know as soon as you received your package. You will contact me only
through e-mail as my phone is no longe available now that I am out from
our country. Contact me at mutigwe_martine1@gazeta.pl and I will reply as
soon as I can.
I wish you and your family Long Life,
Prosperity and Happy 2008.
Thanks and Remain Blessed. Yours sincerely,
MR.UGO CHRIST.
(Secretary)
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