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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: "DR WILLIAMS MENSAH" <williamsmensah@uk2.net> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:39:43 +0100
Subject: I AWAIT IN ANTICIPATION FOR YOUR COOPERATION
DEAR,
Compliment of the season.I got to know of you in search for a reliable person to present in an urgent needed required deal with utmost trust and confidentiality.
I AM DR WILLIAMS MENSAH, THE CO-ORDINATOR OF CONTRACT AWARD AND REVIEW COMMITTEE (C.A.& R. C. ) OF GOVERNMENT, IN REPUBLIC OF GHANA , SOMETIME AGO, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO A FOREIGN COMPANY BY MY COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT,THE CONTRACT WAS OVER INVOICED TO THE TUNE OF US$3. MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS WAS DONE DELIBERATELY, THE OVER INVOICING WAS A DEAL IS THE ONLY WAY SOME MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT, I PURPOSELY DID THIS ONE WITHOUT THE CONCEPT OR KNOWLEDGE OF ANY MENBER HERE. I HAVE DEPOSITED THIS MONEY TO ESCROW ACCOUNT (WITHOUT A NAME).NOW I DESIRE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN A ESCROW ACCOUNT INTO AN OVERSEAS ACCOUNT WHICH WE EXPECT YOU TO PROVIDE FOR ME.
BENEFITS:
FOR PROVIDING THE ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY SHALL BE REMIT, YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO REDUCT $500,000.00 UNITED STATE DOLLARS OF THE MONEY AS YOUR BENEFIT,AFTER YOU HAVE CONFIRMED THE ARRIVAL IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT,THE REMAINING ONE WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AS I HAVE DECIDED TO RESIGNED FROM PUBLIC SERVICE,WHILE $50,000.00 HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FROM THE TOTAL SUM TO COVER INTERNET CHARGES, OPENING OF THE ACCOUNT AND CALLS (IF ANY) PLEASE RECORD ALL.
I WOULD REQUIRE:
A. NAME AND ADDRESS OF COMPANY/BENEFICIARY AND INFORMATION (THAT YOU HAVE 100% CONTROL OVER). THE ABOVE INFORMATION WOULD BE USED TO MAKE FORMAL APPLICATIONS AS A MATTER OF PROCEDURE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE MONEY FOR ON WARD TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOUR COMPANY OR YOU PERFORMED CONTRACT PROJECTS OF THE NATURE DESCRIBED HERE, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WON.
SOMETIMES HERE,A BIG TRADING COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS OF UNRELATED FIELD WIN MAJOR CONTRACTS AND SUB-CONTRACTS IT OUT TO MORE SPECIALIZED FIRMS FOR EXECUTION OF SUCH CONTRACTS.
THEREFORE, WHEN THE BUSINESS IS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED, I SHALL THROUGH THE SAME CONNECTIONS TENDER MY RESIGNATION AND COME OVER IMMEDIATELY TO MEET YOU AND JOIN A FULL TIME BUSINESS.PLEASE THIS MONEY IS THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE, NOTE THAT AM STILL IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WE ARE NOT ALLOW TO OPERATE ON FOREIGN ACCOUNT.
I WANT THIS MONEY TO BE TRANSFERED TO THE OVERSEAS ACCOUNT WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR SAFE KEEPING PENDING WHEN I WILL DETERMINE HOW WE WANT OUR PORTION OF THE MONEY,ALL EXPENSES REGARDING THE ACCOUNT OPENING IF NOT ALREADY IN EXISTENCE SHALL BE BORNE BY YOU, ALL EXPENSES ARE HOWEVER REIMBURSABLE AS ALREADY STATED ABOVE ON CONCLUSION OF BUSINESS.
PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR READINESS WITH ME BEFORE GIVEN YOU THE BANK CONTACT ADDRESS,ACCOUNT NAME AND NUMBER WHERE THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED.SO THAT YOU CONTACT THEM FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS FUND.
IF YOU ARE NOT, IT WILL ENABLE ME SCOUT FOR ANOTHER FOREIGN PARTNER TO CARRY OUT THIS DEAL. I WILL SEND YOU MY PHONE NUMBER,RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS,A COPY OF MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT AND OTHER PERSONAL DATA.
FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CALL ON +233-243-150-791 OR SEND ME AN EMAIL williamsmensah@uk2.net
I AWAIT IN ANTICIPATION FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR WILLIAMS MENSAH
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