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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: "Louisa Christopher" <louisa_christopher205@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:39:29 -0800
Subject: Dear respectful one
From: Miss Louis Ben Christopher
North Kanishie Missionary Church,
Accra-Ghana ,
Dear respectful one,
I feel good contacting you today I have read from your address in Internet
knowing quiet well that this contact will bring a lasting relationship. With
regard to your reputation and a honble person who will not disappoint me nor
deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you.
I am Miss Louisa. Christopher the only daughter of Mr.Christopher from
Republic of Zimbabwe in desire to get somebody who will safe guard my
interest, that of my younger brother (Louis) and this money.Briefly, our
father Mr. Christopher was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Lome Togo,
Abidjan cote d'Ivoire, and had a branch office here in Accra Ghana.
My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in many
countries in Europe, America and Asian countries.According to my father, my
own mother Died when I was about six years of age, which means that I did
not even know my mother very well. The story is that my father Mr.
Christopher was Poisoned to death by his business associates about seven
months ago, and he died in a private hospital here in Accra Ghana. But when
he was about to die, he called us beside his sick bed and told us that he
deposited the sum of Two Million seven hundred thousand United State Dollars
(US$2.7M) with a local bank there in Accra, the economic and administrative
capital of Republic of Ghana.
This money was kept for us in my name, his only daughter. Right now I am a
first year student of business management in one of the University here.My
only problem now is that since my father has been poisoned to death by his
business associates, I don't even
trust any other person here again including my father's brothers and
sisters. Right now, I want you to help us in the following ways:
1)I want you to provide a personal / company's bank Account where this
amount here (US$2.7M) can be Transferred.
2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and Also my personal
guardian until I finished my studies.
3)You are going to procure admissions for us to continue our studies in one
of the known university in your country.
4) You are going to receive 15% of the total sum for providing a bank
account for this transfer.
5) That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to ACCRA GHANA
here after when the fund is transferred into your bank account so that me
and you can see each other and you will prepare an invitation for me and my
brother and take us to your country for continuation of our education..
We hope to receive your early response, as it will encourage us, to stop
establishing further contacts as It regards to this subject matters, so that
we will furnish you with a private phone number where you can reach us
Direct, on receipt of your positive response.
For your information this place we staying now is a House of a church sister
who saw our condition and decided to house us for a while.
THIS LETTER IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR LATE FATHER'S
BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.
REPLY US TO OUR PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS :louisa_christopher205@hotmail.com
Thanks for your understanding,
Miss L.B. Christopher.
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