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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 Koffi Collins" <k_collins245@mail.md> (may be fake)
Reply-To: k_collins245@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:10:09 +0100
Subject: Business Correspondent

FROM THE DESK OF DR KOFFI COLLINS
CHAIRMAN ECOWAS CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
ECOWAS FUND HEADQUARTERS
P.M.B.5028
ACCRA-REPUBLIC OF GHANA
Alternative Email;ko_collins245@yahoo.fr
ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR USD45.5 MILLION
I am Dr.KOFFI COLLINS. The Chairman, Contract Awarding
Committee oftheECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN
STATES (ECOWAS)with itsfund Headquarters
inAccra-Ghana.I got your information in a Proffesional
database when I was searchingthroughInternetfor a
reliable,honest and trustworthy person to entrust this
businesswith.Iwas simply inspired and motivated to
pick your contact from themany namesin the list of the
directory.After discussing my view and your profile
with my colleagues,they were verymuch satisfied and
decided to contact you
immediately for this mutual business relationship.We
wish to transfer the sum ofUSD45.5,000,000.00(Forty
five million five hundred thousand United
StatesDollarsonly.)intoyour personal or company`s bank
account.This fund was a residue of the overinvoiced
contract bills awarded by us intentionally for the
supply ofhard and softwares,phamaceauticals/
medicalitems,light and heavy duty vehicles,
apparels and other administrative/logisticsfor the
ECOMOG in Sierra-Leone and Liberia during the Peace
Keeping Projects.This DEAL was deliberately hatched
outand carefully protected with thecooperation and
mandate of theFinancialDirector and the Secretary of
the Organisation.We arranged and overinvoiced the
contract funds supplied by different companies from
differentcountriesduring the crisis. It
wasourconsensus to seek the assistance of a
willingforeigner to provide us withthe facilities to
transfer this money out ofWest Africa.This is borne
out of our belief in thenon-stable and porouspolitical
natureof this sub-region. The original contractors
have been dulypaid by Ecowasbanker through the Central
bank of Ghana and finance
Ministry.Thebalanceis suspended in the ECOWAS grand
Account awaiting claims by anyforeignpartnerof our
choice to receive the fund on our behalf Now Ecowas is
intending to pay all their outstanding balance of
their contractors this year as the organization is
winding up its activities since the aim of returning
PEACEto the countries and the coast has been
achieved.Based on the laws and ethics of employment,we
as civil servants workingunder this organization, are
not allowed to
operate/own a foreign account.Thisis more reason why
we needed your urgent assistanceto provide an
accountthat can sustain this fund for safe keeping and
ourfuture investment withyour comprehensive
advise,assistance and partnershipin your country.It is
however agreed,as the account owner in this deal
toallow you 30%of the entire sum as compensation, 65%
will be held on trustfor us while5% will be used to
defray any incidental charges and cost duringthe
courseof the transaction. This transaction will be
successfully concluded within14 days if you accord us
your unalloyed and due cooperation.Youshouldprovide
the followings for immediate kick of of this deal ifit
interest
you; YOUR COMPANY`S NAME WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS,TEL AND
FAXNUMBERS.(ifavailable)THE NAME OF YOUR BANK,ITS
ADDRESS WITH TEL,FAX AND TELEX
NUMBERS.THEACCOUNTNUMBER THE COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS
OF THE BENEFICIARY WITHTELEPHONEANDFAX NUMBERS.Upon
the receipt of this informations,application for claim
will be sentto you to fill and return back to the
organization inpursuit of the claim legally and then
be forwarded to the organization for ratification and
subsequentpayment. As with the case of all organized
(sensitive)andconspired DEALS,wesolicit for your
unreserved confidentiality and utmostsecret in
thisbusiness.We hope to retire peacefully and lead
honorable business life afterwards.Thereare no risks
involved .Kindly expedite action if you are interested
as we are behind schedule to enable us utilize this
golden opportunity pay out this fund immediatelywhich
we might stand to loose, if we fail to provide a safe
accountforthistransfer on time at the expiration of
this year Ecowas has mapped outfor payment of all
their outstanding contractors and the dissolution
ofourcommittee.Please urgency is needed as we do not
know the time our organizationwill startthe payment
hence it is necessary to start on time to forestallany
hitch while transferring the fund into your designated
account .Hoping to hear from you.
With regards.
Dr.KOFFI COLLINS

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