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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: "dantes anthony" <dantesanthony@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:21:19 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
DR.ANTHONY DANTES
DIRECTOR,MINERALS & NATURAL RESOURCES,
GHANA MINISTRY OF MINING & MINERAL RESOURCES, (GMMR)
ACCRA, WEST AFRICAN GHANA.
Sir,
I am Dr.Anthony Dantes, Director of Project Implementation West Africa Ghana
Department of Mines and Minerals. First and foremost, I apologized using
this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude. Be
informed that I got your particulars from a member of the Ghana Export
Promotion Council (GEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your
country during a trade exhibition. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for
the benefit of all parties and I hope you will keep it as a top secret
because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Mines and Minerals where I work as a Director of
Project Implementation and with the co-operation of other officials, we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling Fifteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15,500,000.00) which we want to
transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign
company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are
handicapped in the circumstances, as the West African Ghana Civil Service
Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your
importance in the whole transaction.This amount (US$15.5m) represents the
balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a
foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.
Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor,
leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in
principles gotten approvals to remit by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to any
foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application through
the Justice Ministry here in Ghana for the transfer of rights and privileges
of the former contractor to you.I have the authority of my partners involved
to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your
share of the sum will be 20% of the US$15.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for
taxation and miscellaneous expenses and the remaining 5% will be for charity
Organisation. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also, your area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me.I want to assure you that myself and my partners are in a
position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us
a very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and
please remember to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we
will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government Service, it is pertinent to inform you that time is of the
essence in this transaction.
BELOW IS MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS:
anthony_dantes01@yahoo.com
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
DR.ANTHONY DANTES.
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