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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: "parker mensah" <parker_mensah7@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:58:50 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Dear
I am obliged to you for helping me in this request, it interest me to do this transaction with you base on trust and clear conscience. It might look as fantasy to you, but it’s real and 100% viable because I have done thorough research on this issue.
I am Doctor Packer Mensah, the chief auditor of INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (ICB) here in Accra, Ghana. I discovered that there is an account that was opened in the said bank in 1980 and since nobody has operated on this account.
After going through files relating to this account it was obvious that if I do not remit this money it will be forfeited just like that, that is why the deal.
The owner of this account is Mr. Authur Billings, a foreigner and a miner at KRUGER GOLD COMPANY here in Accra, Ghana, a Geologist by profession and he died since 1990, this is his profile up to date. No body knows about this account or anything concerning it. The account has no beneficiary and my investigation proved that the management of the bank does not know anything relating to this account and the amount involved.
The amount in this account is TWENTY SIX MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($26,000,000 USD).I want to transfer this money ($26million USD) into a safe foreigners account abroad who will stand as the beneficiary of this money. It may surprise you how I got your email contact address, after series of research in the net my instinct agreed to work with you, that is our believe in AFRICA. I believe that with God you will never let me down in this transaction. For your information you are the only person that I have contacted in this transaction, so it must be confidential.
Before we proceed, I would want you to send me full details of your personal information, which are as follows………
1.Your name in full
2. Your current house address.
3.Your phone/fax number.
Least I forget your status in your society because I don’t want our image to be dent in the society were we come from. I am bending on this because of the viability and fisibility of this business that will be of benefits to both of us.
I need your full cooperation because the management of the bank is ready to approve the payment to whoever has the legal document regarding this account, which I will give to you immediately after our agreement to carry out this transaction. With my position in this bank I can secure the transfer of this money to any account that is convenient to you.
However, I wouldn’t want to be in front of this transaction to avoid any form of suspicion from the management of the bank (ICB), I will use my position and influence to effect the legal approval and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the ministries and foreign exchange department effectively.
At the conclusion of this transaction you will be given %40 of the sum total of this money ($26million USD) for your assistance, %55 will be mine, while %5 will be for expenses, that both parties might have incur during the during the process of transferring the money to your account.
I look forward to you reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Parker Mensah.
N.B
I will like to make this transaction through my alternative e-mail address for security reasons……… parker_mensah7@yahoo.com.
(phone no 233-243208965)
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