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Fake Certified Bank Draft Email from Stella Thomas

Subject: YOUR CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT
From Email address: Mrs. Stella Thomas

Dear Friend,

How are you today? 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 Check to you from the bank, am sorry for presenting and using someone else in your name to get this transaction successful. Due to logistic reasons and your inconsistence to the other best known to you. Right now, I want to inform you that I have successfully cleared the bank draft Check funds through someone else account who was capable of assisting me in this great venture that have been over and successful.

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 $1,500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State of America Dollars). I have authorized Mr. James Douglas where I deposited the money with to issue you international certified bank draft, cashable Check at your bank or any where as choice felt. My dear friend I will like you to contact Mr. James Douglas for the collection of this international certified bank draft. His name and contact address is as follows:

Mr. James Douglas
Email: jamesdoug112@inMail24.com
Phone Num: +2348075088477

Contact Mr. James Douglas, at the moment I’m very busy here in the United Kingdom because of the investment projects which myself and my new partner are having at hand in London. Finally remember that I have forwarded instructions to Mr. James Douglas on your behalf to send the bank draft Check of $1,500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Of America Dollars) to you as soon as you contact him without delay. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart.

Thanks God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you soon as soon as you've getting my compensation and please do not get angry because that is what I have for now till I finish my project.

Best Regards.
Mrs. Stella Thomas.

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1 comments:

  1. Anonymous said,

    I received this identical email 2008-10-28. I've received similar emails in the past and just deleted them. Is there anything that can be done to stop them?
    MC

    on October 29, 2008 at 8:04 AM