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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: "Helen Kofi" <helenkof145@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: helenkof@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:55:05 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU PLS??
Dear Sir/Madam,
Good day to you. I am contacting you about a need I have and I believe you
are well able to help me either personally or as an institution(company). It
all depends on our trusting each other and your readiness to help me. But we
all stand to be greatly rewarded in the course. One thing I know is that you
are able to help me and appeal to you to please do.
I am Helen S. Kofi,a 30yrs old woman from Ghana. I became a widow 18months
ago. The source of my husband's death was believed to be from our detractors
who are never happy he was making so much progress. The issue is that my
husband sold a piece of land he inherited from his late
father. He made so much fortune from the sales because mineral deposit
(gold) was found to be on the land. He deposited the money(about $24.2M USD)
in a bank here in Accra Ghana as safe keep. He was later afflicted with an
unexplainable disease which kept him incapacitated for two years. Money
could not help him out as he died 18 months ago with the ailment.
After his death, his family was on me to tell them where the money was
lodged as they have taken over all of his belongings. They have also emptied
his bank accounts with other banks and discovered the money was not lodged
there. My husband warned me not to disclose the money to his family before
he died in the hospital. The family has left me and my son with nothing. I
now fend for myself and Junior my son which is pretty hard.
My plan is to relocate from Ghana, but I will need to move out the money
left by my husband. Any attempt for me to try and move it in my name will
cause me more problems than I can imagine as an African woman. Once I move
the money out, I'll come to your country where I will invest the money under
your guide.
The main reason of contacting you is to solicit your help in standing as my
foreign business partner to whom I can send the cash. I will get all
necessary documents to help us move the fund to you which will enable me
to come over and get the money shared between us 65% for me 30% for you/your
establishment(as the case may be) for helping out as well as 5% set aside
for refund of any expenses that you or your establishment as well as anyone
who assists in this can incur in the course of this money being transfered
to you.
Please NOTE that the earlier you help me the better as you will be doing God
a great favor because my life is no more save with these people here.
I will need your reply stating your readiness to help in seeing this deal
through.Please give me your phone number so that I can call you to discuss
it further.
I wait for your favorable reply asap.
Helen Kofi
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