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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: "Richard Ken" <richardken_01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: richardken3@walla.com
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:02:53 +0000
Subject: TREAT THE MATTER AS URGENCY.
Dear ,
Please i am Mr Richard Ken, a coordinator contract
awarding and re-committee in republic of Ghana.i head
this committee, and our work is to award contract
project, re-view, pre-view and signing of new
contract quotation to local and foreign contractors.
Sometimes last year, a contract was over invoiced
(over quotation) with the turn of three million united
state dollars by myself,i kept this within me.i
deposited the money in one of the bank here.
Now is my wish to use this money to establish any
project which shall a benefit between you and me. i
want to used this money to invest in your country with
your assistant.that is one of the reasons why i
contacted you.
Look any area which you know best this money can be
used as business ventures, because as soon as you
confirm that the bank have transfer this money into
your account i will get resigned from government
service and will come over to your country
immediately.
The main reason why i contacted you is, you will
contact the bank here,after i have given you the bank
name, account number and account name where this money
is, you will contact them for the release and transfer
of the money into your account.
Because we are not allowed to operate on foreign
account while in government position like this.if you
contact the bank,any information they need regards to
the transfer, i will forward all to you.
Please for your benefit for this, you will minus seven
hundred united state dollars as your benefit (yours)
as soon as you confirmed that the money is in your
custody.Note that there is no risk of any type, my
predecessors have done this and resigned.
please after your reply, i will scanned my
international passport and working identity card for
your view. you can contact me my private box richardken3@walla.com
Please enclose your phone number for me and identity
if possible.
As i am waiting to hear from you
Thank
Mr Richard Ken .
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