Advance Fee Frauds and Email Scams
Legal Department, Debt Management Office, London (2007)
This is one message from a collection of email scams. We aren’t the source of these messages and we don’t send them! We collect the ones we receive and document them here for the benefit of others. (How do advance fee frauds work?)
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from “Dr. Mark Edward”
reply-to dr.mark77@indiatimes.com
date Aug 27, 2007 3:36 PM
subject RE: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
Hello,
REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSENT, FOR THE TRANSFER OF US$22,925,600=00, ABROAD.
I write to request for your business understanding for the immediate transfer of the sum of US$22,925,600=00.
Please find details, bellow:
1. Amount: US$22,925,600=00
2.Source Ratio: Overdue Fund Payment.
3. Sharing Ratio: 70/30%
4.Requirements:
(a) Foreign A/c.
(b) Change of beneficiary’s status through legal amendment.
(c) Remittance documentations.
5. Duration for conclusion:- Between 7 to 10 working days.
6. Transaction situation’s report:- 100% Risk Free both on your part and mine.
Yours prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Mark Edward.
Legal Department- Debt Management Office, London - United Kingdom.