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Published Date: 31 January 2004
E-MAIL users are being targeted by a new complex scam originating from west and southern Africa, trading standards chiefs have warned.
There are several variations of the same message, involving a request for personal bank account details, supposedly to enable the transfer of a large quantity of US dollars from a secret overseas account. All of the information is false and anyone responding runs the risk of actually losing money.



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  • Last Updated: 31 January 2004 12:12 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Spam messages
 
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