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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "JOHN MENSAH SULIKUH." <dr_mennath@z6.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: john_mennath@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:33:47 +0400
Subject: URGENT REPLY
Attn: President/CEO.
28/11/2004.
Dear Sir,
First let me use this medium to introduce myself, I am JOHN MENSAH SULIKUH, 28 years old from Kono district north of Freetown SIERRA-LEONE West Africa. My late father DR.JULIUS SPENCER SULIKUH before his death was the Director General of the Mines and Steel Department of the ministry of solid minerals in Sierra-Leone. The September 11, 2001 bombings of the world trade center, which claimed the lives of thousands of people, also claimed the life of my father. Before his travel to United States of America, has already handed over some documents to me, which reveals that he has deposited a sealed box that contains $4, 680.000.00 million (Four million, six hundred and eighty thousand United States dollars). Deposited in the security company here in Accra the capital city of Ghana, which my name is the next of kin. My Father told me that, He registered the box as containing precious items as at the time of deposit in order not to raise qu!
estions. The officers in the security company do not know the content of the metal box because my father wisely declared it as an artwork and family treasures from the national museum of monument. Since the death of my father the rebel has held us hostage until the recent intervention of the UNITED NATION SECRETARY GENERAL, MR. Koffi Annan whom secures a peace agreement with the rebels that led to our release, all the refugees moved to GHANA concentrated in the refugee camp. I am presently in the refugee camp because of the war in our country. I am seeking for your help and assistance for you to come to my aid. I propose that you stand as my late father foreign business partner, so as to get the fund out of the SECURITY COMPANY and transfer it to your country where we can make use of it in a lucrative business investment in your country. This transaction is now only known by you, me and my old sick mother whom is with me in the camp waiting for the tim!
e I get this fund out of the security company. Please the secrecy an
d confidentiality should be maintained. I will be sending over to you by fax or email attachment the original certificate of deposit which the security company gave to my father at the time of deposit. These funds was deposited with a secret code not by any name or any person, that means it will be more easy for you to retrieve these box and I withhold the secret code for security reasons as you show interest, the secret code and the certificate of deposit will be given to you upon your arrival and held a meeting with me and my mother we can now proceed to the SECURITY COMPANY to retrieve the FUNDS for investment in your country. My mother and I have agreed to compensate you with 20% from the total sum and 5% for your expenses. Please get back to me as soon as possible, you can also send me your private fax and telephone numbers, for more confidential discussions. You can also reply me via: john_mennath@yahoo.com <mailto:john_mennath@yahoo
Ecom>. Best Regards, JOHN MENSAH SULIKUH.
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