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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: "KOJO WILLIAM" <kojowilly2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 02:22:21 -0800
Subject: personal
Hello,
My name is Kojo William, the adopted son of late Mr. Kofi Williams, the formal bank manager of Eco-bank of Africa for the period of ten years. The resent 26th December 2004 earthquake disaster of Asia that claims the life of many people also claimed the life of my father on his December 24th trip to visit his business partner for investment in Asia Indonesia. I have a problem which I request your immediate support. Note that I am not asking you to send me money; I am telling you something that is very important. I write to inform you my desire to buy a landed property, and to invest in your country on a profitable business ventures having you as foreign partner.
just last week when I was searching through my father's brief-case, I discovered a lot of documents and one of the document reveals that my father has deposited US$21.8M (twenty-one million and eight hundred thousand dollars) in a Security firm, here in Accra-Ghana West African for safekeeping and my name is the next of kin. My father did not disclose the contents of the box to the security firm; he only deposited it as family belonging to avoid the officials of the security firm from raising eyebrow.
I have made an enquires about the deposit from the security firm yesterday, they told me that my age is too small to make claims, and that I will have to bring someone older to retrieve the consignment. I like your country, your country is my dream country where I will like us to invest this fund, and I believe you are honest and serious people when it comes to agreement and business transaction and when it comes to striking deals. I am seeking for your assistance to sponsor this transaction in which you will come to my aid, so that we can meet ourselves face to face. This will give us the opportunity to familiarize ourselves to go together to security firm and claim the consignment. I want you to stand for me as a proxy person that's my late father's foreign business partner so as to get the fund out of the security firm and to transfer it to your bank account in your country where we can make use of it in lucrative business investment in your country
E More so, before my father died he used tells me it is dangerous to invest such amount in Africa to avoid suspicion and due to market instability coupled with
economic and political instability in African countries.
I don't want to reveal this secret to any members of the family because I don't trust them. They have already betrayed me together with whom I called my mother; my adopted mother Mrs. Joyce Kofi. They said I'm not the biological son of late Mr. Kofi William, the inhenritation will surely goes to my little brothers, they said it' according to their tradition.
Sir, I am willing to offer you 15% from the total sum as compensation for your effort and 5% for your expenses. Count yourself lucky my dear friend, but remember that we must strike this deal by its rule as my father's spirit wishes me to negotiate with a reliable person that will help me claim this fund. Nobody should cheat or have any bad plans against each other. If you do not have the capacity of bringing in $21.8M into your account, then you have to look for somebody who is capable and whom you can trust, then you will combine with him and meet me here in Ghana.
The transaction is only known by you and I. The secrecy and confidentiality of this transaction should be maintained. It's a secret of my life. And it's the only thing from all of my father's wealth that I can use to lay myself.
Indicate your fax and telephone number so that I can reach you when necessary and for more information. You can also write me via kojowilliam2005@hotmail.com.
Awaiting your urgent response.
Regards,
KOJO WILLIAM.
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