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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "JOSEPH KOMA" <JKOMAH22@YAHOO.COM> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 16:12:00 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS ADVICE NEEDED
FROM: JOSEPH KOMA
TELE: + 233 244 489475
E-MAIL: jkomah22@yahoo.com
DEAR,
MY NAME JOSEPH KOMA, THE ELDEST SON OF CHIEF JOHNNY S. KOMA, FROM
ZIMBABWE. THIS LETTER MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU ABOUT WHERE I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS AND HOW I KNEW YOU. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS
FROM THE GHANA CHAMBERS OF TRADE INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN GHANA.
DURING THE CURRENT WAR AGAINST THE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE-OWNED FARMS FOR HIS PARTY MEMBERS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FARMERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE HE STONGLY OPPOSED MUGABE'S IDEAS, MUGABE'S SUPPORTERS INVADED MY FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT EVERYTHING IN THE FARM, KILLING MY FATHER AND MADE AWAY WITH A LOT OF ITERMS IN MY FATHER'S FARM.
BEFORE HIS DEATH, MY FATHER HAD DEPOSITED WITH ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA, THE SUM OF US$25 (TWENTY FIVE NILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS). THIS WAS MONEY HE PLANNED TO USE IN BUYING NEW MACHINERY AND TO SET UP A NEW FARM IN SWAZILAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, WE DECIDED TO ESCAPE TO AN AFRICA COUNTRY CALLED GHANA IN WEST AFRICA, BECAUSE OF CONTINUED HARASSMENT FROM MUGABE AND HIS SUPPORTERS.
AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED TO CONTACT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL
ASSIST US TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT OF GHANA (AFRICA) AND INVEST THE SAID SUM INTO ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS VENTURE OF OUR CHOICE THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE. FOR US.
YOUR ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM, AND 5% WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND 80% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHICH WILL BE INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR AGRICULTURE OR THEREABOUT.
ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO ACT AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO THE FUND, AND TO ASSIST US CLAIM THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SECURED THE FUND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN HELP US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS. YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON THE ABOVE TELEPHONE OR EMAIL ADDRESS.
NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE YOU SHOULD HOWEVER TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY. ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO MAKE CLAIM OF THIS FUND ARE WITH ME AS THE NEXT OF KIN.
JOSEPH KOMA
(For the family)
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