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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: "MR.JOHN ROBINSON" <abuscolly@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abuscolly@zwallet.com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22.13.03 +0200
Subject:
FROM,MR.JOHN ROBINSON
ATTN: sir/madam,
I regret this informal way of contacting you which I know would be most
effective with regards to the message I intend to bring to your
notice.It is imperative that I have to adopt this communication means to
safeguard my interest and guarantee that secrecy is not compromised.
A friend of mine who works with the chamber of commerce here in Lagos-
Nigeria extended your recommendation to me. Although I did not make
known to him the purpose of my inquiry.
To be precise, I am John Robinson and I have come to inherit a
substantial amount of money (US$5,000,000.00) ( five million, U.S dollars) from
my uncle who never had a child and whose only wife died several years
back. I intend to invest this money with you or in your company.
My uncle was the director of solid minerals department, Federal
Ministry of Mines. He died after a ghastly motor accident while returning from
a meeting in Kenema town on june 22, 1999. I was by his bedside when he
gave up the ghost and he disclosed to me secret codes and documents,
which he used in depositing the said money with a security company in
Accra,Ghana. He also advised that I should seek the advise of a foreign
partner to invest the money abroad for better returns.
My purpose of reaching out to you is to seek your assistance on how to
move this money and invest it in any viable partnership business
venture in your country or any other country of your choice. You will be
required to come down to Ghana for a meeting to enable you see things for
yourself and also open a domiciliary account in your name through which
the remittance will be facilitated. We will also draft an agreement and
consider investment proposals/options. I shall gratify you with a
negotiable 10% in cash of the total amount after the money is successfully
transferred to your account. I will take 5% for myself as i intend to
buy a home overseas and also improve my/family standard of living,5%
would be set aside to take care of all expenses we may incure during the
transaction. The remaining 80% or thereabout will be used to invest in a
viable joint business venture as will be advised by you.
Kindly reply without delay with the e-mail addresses below and let me
know your opinion on this matter. But if this proposal does not appeal
to you, please keep it secret and reply according.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
MR.JOHN ROBINSON
Please,reply to:abuscoly@zwallet.com
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