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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: "OFFICE MAIL" <officialemailletter3@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: capt.james.cwilliams@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:32:38 +0100
Subject: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD.
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Attn: Beneficiary,
IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD.
We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation
secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monitary
unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and
approved in your favour.During the course of our investigation, we
discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their
private accounts.
To forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your
personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD and this will enable only you
to have direct Control over your funds in the ATM CARD.We will monitor this
payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials
of the bank.
An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the Presidency, Federal
Republic of Nigeria on your Payment .However, we are happy to inform you
that based on our recommendation/instructions, your complete contract funds
has been credited in your favor through ATM CARD. You are therefore advice
to contact:
REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW, Director ATM Payment Department,Central Bank of
Nigeria.
REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW
Central Bank of Nigeria
EMAIL ADDRESS:atm-card-activation-department@cen-bkng.org<ADDRESS%3Aatm-card-activation-department@cen-bkng.org>
Hot-Line: +234-70 8515 0758
Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM card.As soon as you establish a
contact with him,an ATM card will be issued to you immediately that you can
use to withdraw your funds in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but
the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per day. So if you like to receive your
funds through this means you're advised to contact the ATM card payment
center with the following information as stated below:
1. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND YOUR ATM CARD
TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT
4. HOME EQUITY {YES OR NO}.
5. YOUR FULL NAME.
NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV. I DONT HAVE MONEY OR WORK SO I CANT
PAY ANY FEEDS OR COURIER DR.JOHN MATTHEW WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID
DETAILS.ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $45.3 MILLION.
We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this
payment effectively thereby making contact with REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW as
directed to avoid further delay.
CONGRATULATIONS.
CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
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