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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: "jonathan ogu" <jon_ogu@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:22:12 -0500
Subject: JONATHAN OGU
Dear,
I am Mr jonathan Ogu, the director in charge of
auditing and accounting section of NATIONAL INVESTMENT
BANK LTD (GHANA)in west Africa with due respect and
regard,I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of
us at the end of the transaction .
My bank deceased customer name Mr Wilson.J.Owen,a
national of United States,who used to work with
Chevron oil company in Ghana On the 26st of Dec. 2003,
my client,his wife and two of their children were
involved in a Boeing 727 plane crash into Cotonou
beach, which cliamed the lives of about 140
passengers including my client and his entire family,
unfortunately they all lost their lives.
Since then my bank made several inquiries to establish
contact with any of his relation without success.After
the several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of his
extended relations,I decided to contact you for this
venture so that we can pull it together,this deal is
without any risk at all. I have contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable in my bank where this huge deposits
totalling USD$11.5 Million.As you have the same last
name with the deseased. According to banking rules &
regulations and Security & Exchange Commission (SEC)
rules and regulations guiding deposit. It is very
necessary we get this concluded because my bank
(National Investment Bank Ltd) senior officers, are
planning to syphone this money into their private
pockets if not claimed as soon as possible from now.
I REFER YOU TO THE PLANE CRASH WEBPAGE FOR YOUR
CONFIRMATION: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm
Since my bank has been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 10 months now, I seek your consent
to present yourself as the next of kin of the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at
USD$11.5 Million dollars can be paid to you and then
you and me can share the money thus: 65% for me while
30% goes to you, 5% will be marked for expenses that
will be incurred during the process of transfer of the
fund. I hope i can entrust
this fund into your hands as i lay my sincere trust in
you.
Be informed that all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up this claim will be made
available through our mutual efforts together and as
long as you follow to my instructions.All I require is
your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me by my e-mail.You can also
include your telephone number in your response to
enable us discuss further. I am confident we will work
together.
Thanking you in anticipation for your co-operation,
while expecting your positive response.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Jonathan Ogu.
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