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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: "Ahmed Mahs" <ahmedmahs2005@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: xahmedmahmoud@gawab.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:24:56 +0100
Subject: BEST REGARD

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
LTD,ACCRA GHANA.
Foreign Remmittance Dept,
Plot 44 Victoria Ave, New Town,Accra Ghana,
Mail To: xahmedmahmoud@gawab.com


Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you,I am aware this mail
may come to you as most unespected,since we have not
met ourselves previously,nevertheless,kindly hear me
out with open mind.

My name is Mr.Ahmed Mahmoud, 42yrs of age,a Ghana
national,married with a wife and four children, I work
as an Assistant secretary with INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK LTD,Accra Ghana, I got information
concerning You from the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and
after due consultation with my spiritual adviser, I
decided
to contact you believing that by the grace of God, you
will accept to be my partner in this business.

I earn a salary of ¢3.6M ? $400 USD equivalent
monthly.I joined the services of this company in 1992
as an office assistant. I have been working with this
company for twelve good years.

Within this period I have watched with meticulous
precision how African Heads of States and government
functionaries have been using INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
BANK to move huge sums of money USD,Pound Sterling,
French France, (Cash) to their foreign partners.They
bring in these consignments of money cash and
secretly declare the contents as Jewelleries,
Gold,Diamond,Precious stones, family treasure,
Documents,Personal effects,etc. Gen.Sani Abacha of
Nigeria (dead), Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead)
Foday Sankoh of Siera ? Leone.Jonas Savimbi of Angola
( dead ) Idiamin of Uganda ( dead ) Eyadema of Togo
(dead ) etc.

All these people have hundreds of consignments
deposited with INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK. Their
foreign partners, friends and relatives, are claiming
most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying
here unclaimed for as much as 15/20 yrs. No body
may ever come for them because in most cases, the
documents of deposit are never available to any body
except the depositors most of them dead.

Since the inception of the 2000 millennium,
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK changed the procedure of
claims of consignments.As soon as you are able to
produce all the secret information as
contained in the secret file of any consignment, it
will be released to you upon demand.

From our record, more than 120 consignments belonging
to Gen Abacha /Mobutu Sese Seko,Jonas Savimbi and
Idiamin has been claimed in the past six months. This
is why I am soliciting for your cooperation and
assistance. Gen. Abacha has 45 consignments
deposited with several names and codes. 34 have been
claimed in the past six months. Since he is dead, his
first son is also dead in a plane crash,the second son
is facing trial for murder and embezzlement, the
family members are under restricted arrest without
communication.

I have finished every arrangement for you to come and
claim consignment NO:A /1201 contains $12.5M USD
and consignment No: A /1200 contains 250kgs Gold,My
duty is to supply you with all the relevant
information and documents by fax. You will deal
directly with the management.

The procedure is simple:

You will apply officially to the Director of
Operations of INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK,Accra
Ghana for the release of the consignment No: A / 1200
and No:A / 1201. They will demand for some documents
and secret codes. Call me, I?ll supply you with every
detailed information which you will Fax to them.

As soon as they confirm it to be correct, they will
invite you for the collection. If you do not want to
come to Accra Ghana,you can consult an Attorney at
the initial stage to represent you and act on your
behalf here in Ghana,your employed Attorney will
arrange with the company's management to transfer the
consignment to you anywhere you wish on
agreement.Nobody will
ever know I am involved in this deal except the Lawyer
who will write an agreement for us. I?ll suggest upon
conclusion we share 50 ? 50. At the successful
conclusion of the deal, you?ll
arrange for my family and I to come over to your
country. I assure you that the business has been
hatched free for 3years now, it is very secure and
risk free. You can contact me for comprehensive
informations, 24 hours for further explanations
and directives on the procedure.

If this proposal is acceptable to you kindly furnish
me with your private Tel / Fax numbers for discussions
and detail informations,

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation,

Awaiting your urgent and positive response,

Sincerely,

Mr.Ahmed Mahmoud.

___________________________________________________________

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