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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: "Barrister. DEMISE KOJO." <demkojo99@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: DEMISE_KOJO@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:58:03 +0000
Subject: From Barrister. DEMISE KOJO.GO THROUGH AND GET BACK TO ME.
From:
D.D. & Associates,
Financial Accredited Attorney,
BP 4027, Accra-Ghana.
Phone: 00233-243-108102
E-mail: DEMISE_KOJO@rediffmail.com
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise, please accept the content in good faith. I do not intend to cause any grief to you and your family. The reason for sending this mail is very fundamental to the doctrine of human privileges and right. My name is Barrister. DEMISE KOJO a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr. Morris Thompson of Fairbanks, Alaska America who died on January 31st 2000 with Alaska Airlines Flight 261. You can as well confirm it by yourself through under stated website of the incident http://www.cnn.com/2000/us/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
I am convinced that it was the grace of God that made me to locate you. My client was a successful and is an accomplished family man, who made enough fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful. My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, an oil magnet here in Ghana and he left behind a deposit of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only ($5,500,000.00usd) in his domiciliary bank account in an International Commercial Bank here in Accra-Ghana.
After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his funds. The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within 48 working days or forfeit the money to the bank as abandoned money. The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.
Fortunately, I came across your contact through an internet search so that I will make you the Next of Kin irrespective the nationality, colour, race or even tribe being convinced that you might provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client financial standing and the bank account he operates.
I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account. I therefore seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the deceased since the establishment of the Next of Kin are at my advantage, that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at $5,5 Million Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both share the funds. 35% for you and 60% for me, while 5% should be for Expenses or your Government may require Taxes.
I shall assemble the necessary Legal Documents at my reach that will be used to back up our claim with your assistance. All I require is your honest cooperation and utmost confidentiality to enable us sees this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Thanks
Best Regards
Barrister. DEMISE KOJO.
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