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Have you received an email from "Harry Magana" at Ifex Courier Company, claiming "It has been long we communicated last, am so sorry for the delay ,I mean your cheque of USD$850.000.00 that my boss asked me to mail to you as soon as you request for it , but due to some high price of courier company you fails to respond to me, and presently the cheque is still with me here in Benin Republic....... blah, blah" and that you are owed money from a "contract / entitlement / award winning or inheritance payment file", whatever those may be, and he will send you the money, if you contact "DR Sendoff Tulugo"? "Harry Magana" is a highly educated and highly ranking lawyer or government official who apparently can't spell and feels the odd need to randomly capitalize some WORDS (like that). Since you never had a contract with Ifex Courier Company, this should immediately strike you as a scam. Allow us to point out the inconsistencies and how the scam works.
How the scammer got your email address may be open to debate, But the fact that this is a scam is not! Also notice that the "lawyer" or official is writing to you from a free email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.); in fact, they typically use more than one different free email accounts.
If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
----- Original Message ----
From: " harrymagana@vip.sohu.com "
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:54:18 AM
Subject: CONTACT IFEX EXPRESS FOR YOUR DRAFT
CONTACT IFEX EXPRESS FOR YOUR DRAFT
Dear Friend, It has been long we communicated last, am so sorry for the delay ,I mean your cheque of USD$850.000.00 that my boss asked me to mail to you as soon as you request for it , but due to some high price of courier company you fails to respond to me, and presently the cheque is still with me here in Benin Republic,I went to the bank to verify if the status of the cheque but i was told that your cheque is good that you can cash the cheque in any bank in the world,I wish to inform you that I have find A new contact from a friend of mine who works with Ifex Courier Company here in BENIN REPUBLIC that will deliver your cheque at your door step with a cheeper rate, which the company said that it will cost you the sum of $98.00 us dollars,so you have to hurry up and register with them now.and try to ask them to give you the Direction which you will use to send the $98.00 to them to enable them proceed the delivery of your cheque,because your draft is already with them, the draft was packaged in a way that the courier company will not open it untill you receive it according to them it will only take them 2 days to deliver the cheque to your door step,so my friend you have to hurry up and make sure you send the $98.00 to them to enable them deliver the draft to you ,contact them immedaitely with the information giving to you, so that your $850.000.00 will be deliver to you this week, Below is their email address:( ifexcourieroffice@yahoo.it ) And the Directors name is ( DR Sendoff Tulugo) Please do send your full address to them such as
YOUR FULL NAME ........
YOUR ADDRESS WHERE THE DRAFT WILL BE DROP YOUR CONTACT PHONE................
And try to get back to me by writing me through my private email address; (luvhero19@yahoo.it) I wait to hear from you soon.
Thank you. Mr.Harry Magana
Subject: Re: CONTACT IFEX EXPRESS FOR YOUR DRAFT
Sent: Tue Mar 11 06:50:05 CST 2008
Is this a joke?
From: " harrymagana@vip.sohu.com "
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:33:32 AM
Subject: Re:Re: CONTACT IFEX EXPRESS FOR YOUR DRAFT
it is real
Subject: Re: Re: CONTACT IFEX EXPRESS FOR YOUR DRAFT
Sent: Wed Mar 12 09:36:57 CST 2008
May I ask what this is regarding? It seems like a scam to me. I've already been scammed before and I'm not doing it again.
Like i told you before this is real and not SCAM as you have mentioned,So go ahead and contact the courier company with your information and also ask them how you can send the $98 to them as well to enable them deliver your check to you.
Thanks
Mr Magana
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