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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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From: gabril addo <dr_gabriladdo5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr_gabriladdo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:27:57 -0200
Subject: PLEASE GIVE ME AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
FROM: DR. GABRIL ADDOCONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN,SENATE COMMITTEE ON MINERAL & ENERGY MATTERS.REPUBLIC OF GHANA.STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Dear Sir, This is to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your assistance to enable me own property and invest in the stable economy of your country. Accept my apologies if this mail does not suit your personal or business ethics. My name is DR. GABRIL ADDO; I am making this venture proposal to you in strict confidence. The Funds we want to invest was acquired from an over-invoiced contract proceed. This is in my capacity as the Chairperson of the senate financial committee on foreign contracts verification and payments (Member, Contract Review Panel [CRP]) and Mineral and Energy Matters. Our good fortune is that we are privy to such classified information. The amount in question is $38,600,000.00 Million US dollars. As a senior civil servant, our country's prudential policy prohibits me from operating a foreign account. If you would like to assist me as a partner, please kindly indicate your interest, after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due course. For your assistance, you shall receive 10% of the funds to be transferred into your nominated account and 5% will be set aside for all expenses incurred by both parties. I would appreciate if this proposal is kept confidential because of what I have explained above.
Note that I am now in London on government project. The office of his Excellency, the honorable president of Ghana has mandated my good office to provide adequate list of qualified foreign Contractors that will be eligible to handle the various contracts in my ministry (such contracts to be awarded includes, the supply of oil pipe line, installation of oil pipe lines, supply of transformers and high tension electric cables and installation, and etc.). Dear Friend it’s within my power to award any of these contracts to you or your company, all you have to do is tell me which you can handle. Contact me as soon as possible on my confidential and private tel/fax number: 00447031941109 and my email address here in London. Please do not forget to indicate your direct telephone and fax numbers and occupation when replying to this business proposal. I will be calling you immediately I receive your positive response. In the meantime, I would appreciate if you can call me or make your contacts through email urgently. A swift acknowledgment on the receipt of this mail will be appreciated. Ensure to send all further correspondence to my private email address. Best regards, Dr. Gabril Addo.Tel: 00447031941109.Fax: 00448704799382.
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