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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: "Abraham Ossai" <abrahamossai@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:09:12 +0000
Subject: Your Kind Attention!
Name: Abraham Ossai
Address: Project Implementation
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
B612/8 Musuli Lane,
Accra, Greater Accra,
Ghana.
E-mail: abrahamossai@walla.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my pleasure to write this letter to you. First, I must ask your utmost
confidentiality in this transaction by virtue of it being utterly
confidential. I am Mr. Paul Amoah a member of the Ghana Export Promotion
Council (GEPC) who was with the government delegation to europe during a
bilateral trade conference. I have decided to seek your assistance and
co-operation in the execution of a business transaction described here under
for the benefit of all parties and hope that you keep it confidential
because of the nature of the Transaction. We basically seek your assistance
to front in the transfer of US$30,500,000.00(Thirty Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only).
Source: I work as a Director of Project Implementation within the Ministry
of Energy and Mineral Resources and with co-operation of three other top
officials, we have in our possession an overdue payment in US funds. The
said funds represents certain percentage of the contract value executed on
behalf of my Ministry by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials
over-invoiced by a total amount of US$30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Though the actual contract cost has
been paid to the original contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
But by virtue of us being civil servants we cannot acquire this fund in our
names, Therefore I was delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues to
look for an overseas partner into whose account we would transfer the funds
hence we are writing you this letter.
Our government is determined to pay foreign contractors all debts owed so as
to maintain continued good relations with both the foreign governments and
non government financial agencies. We have decided to include our bills for
approval with the co-operation of some officials at the Department of
Finance and the Central Bank of Ghana (CBG).We hereby seek your assistance
to act as the beneficiary of the unclaimed funds since we are not allowed to
operate a foreign account. You will provide us with a good front and
partnership to process the remittance of the money to you as a form of
contract payment. This process will be an internal arrangement with the
departments concerned and we will handle this here, your duty is to act as
the contractor and have the contract sum paid to you. I have the authority
of my partners to invite you into this matter and with your acceptance of
our invitation, your share as compensation will be 30%, and 70% will be for
us.
The business itself is 100% safe, fail proof and risk-free, provided you
treat it with utmost secrecy and you follow my instructions carefully and
religiously. Your area of business specialization does not matter as it
cannot hinder the successful execution of this transaction. I hope I can put
my confidence in you in this matter. Please contact me on my private email:
abrahamossai@walla.com to indicate your willingness and capability to
assist us.
Thank you for your anticipated co-operation and I await the receipt of your
message to enable me bring you into the complete picture of the transaction.
Yours faithfully,
Abraham Ossai.
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