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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: "MR KOFI MENSAH" <kofimensah51@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:10:47 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY
Dear sir,
I am Mr. Kofi Mensah, the director in-charge of auditing and
accounting section of Barclays Bank Ghana, in West Africa. With due
respect and regard. I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be beneficial to both of us at the end of the
transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this Bank, my department
came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person
who died in November 1997 in a plane crash and the fund has been
dormant in his account with my Bank without any claim of the fund
in our custody either from his family or relation before our
discovery for this development.
Although personally, I keep this information secret within myself
and my partners to enable the whole planes and ideas be profitable
and successful during the time of execution. The said amount was
US$14,000.000.00 (Fourteen Million Dollars) United States Dollars.
Meanwhile, all the whole arrangements to put claim over this fund
as the bonafied next of kin to the deceased, get the required
approvals and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put
in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to
you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist
us and also benefit yourself to this great business opportunity.
In fact, I could have done this deal alone, but because of my
position in this country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to
operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eyebrow on
my side during the time of transfer because I work in this Bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or
fellow who will forward claims as next of kin with affidavit of
trust and oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where
he will need the money to retransferred into his request as it may
be after due verification and clarification by the corresponding
branch of my Bank where the whole money will be remitted from to
your own designated Bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk
free, on smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will entitled
to 30% of the total sum as gratification why 10% will be set aside
to take of the expenses that may arise during the time of transfer
and also telephone bills, why 60% will be for me and my partners.
Please, you have been advised to keep top secret as we are still in
service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this
deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in my
Bank until you confirm the money in your Bank account and ask us to
come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund to
percentage agreed on. And part of our share will be invested in
your country with your advice on a viable business in your country
or any country of your choice.
All other necessary informations will be send to you when I
hear from you, I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible
stating your wish in this deal.
Yours faithfully
Mr. Kofi Mensah.
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