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Did you receive an email from "Mrs. Mariam Reuter" at "Presidential Library & Museum" who says
"Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $500,000 Thousand United State Of America Dollars."
and to contact "Dr Robert Hook"? The scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. If this email out-of-the-blue from an unknown foreigner offering to pay you absurd amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then you really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and familiarize yourself with their approach.
Mrs. Mariam Reuter and "Dr Robert Hook" (not their real names, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune. If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice (highlighted below) some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:
From: Mrs Mariam Reuter [ compensationofficer2@yahoo.dk ]
Subject: Be Informed
Greetings,
How are you today? I Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this email meets you in a perfect condition.
I am using this opportunity to thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transaction and transfer of your international bank draft cheque to you from the bank,i am sorry for presenting and using someone else in your name to get this transaction successfull.
Due to logistic reasons and your inconsistance to the order best known to you.right now, I want to inform you that I have successfully cleared the bank draft check fund to someone else account who was capable of assisting me in this great venture that have been over and successfull.
Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $500,000 Thousand United State Of America Dollars.
I have authorized Dr Esther Wentworth whom I deposited the money with to send you an international certified bank draft, cashable cheque at your bank or anywhere of your choice.
For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque.
The only money you will send to the representative to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($170.00 USD)Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.
I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.
To file for your claim you are to fill out below information and send it to Dr Robert Hook The Executive Secretary Via his email contact address.
Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:.........2.Address:........
3. Nationality:.......4. Age:.......... Date of Birth:.................
5. Occupation:......6........... Phone:........Fax:......7. State of Origin:.........Country:..........
The Executive Secretary:
Contact Person: Dr.Robert Hook
Email Address: Mr_roberthook1962@yahoo.fr
Telephone:+234-803-725-6535
you are to send the payment now to with this informations below via Western Union or Money Gram.
Receiver Name: Mr Jeffrey Oyoku
Receiver Address: #10 Old Obasanjo Road, Abuja Nigeria Sender's Name:...........................................
Sender's Address:..........................................
Amount To be Sent: $170
Text Question to be used: What Colour?
Text Answer: Blue.
Money Transfer Control Number(M.T.C.N).
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this email to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $170.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
Report any other email similar to this to him so that necessary action can be taken
After you have made the payment you are to send the payment informations to the representative immediately so that delivery can take place immediately.
Once again congratulations.
Best regards,
Mrs. Mariam Reuter
Presidential Library & Museum
Former Director International Online
Lottery Co-coordinator. © 2008 WORLD COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
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