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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: "Sam Kofi" <samkofi233@msn.com>
Reply-To: samkofi47@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:13:02 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Samuel KOFI, Director of Operations, FIRST SECURITIES DISCOUNT
HOUSE LIMITED, ACCRA GHANA, here in GHANA. Our firm is a security company of
high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of GHANA.
I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business
proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed
this transaction with anybody because it is of top secret.
To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 2002, a reputable
client of ours deposited a consignment in our company's vault for safe
keeping. And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his
consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in
demurrage. Consequently, in our bid to contact this client to redeem the
demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered that our
client was the former president of the Federal Republic of Togo, who died of
illness 5th February 2005 after the consignment was entrusted into our
care. Since the death of our client President EYADEMA, none of his
benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us,
which means that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this
consignment. Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes
that our client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that
the two boxes that were registered as treasure by our client actually
contained a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting
to about US$30 million Dollar.
Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out
from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of
money from his country while he was in office as head
of State. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of
the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no trace
to this money in our care.
I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this
money out of EUROPE to your country for immediate investment with your
assistance. I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 30%
of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your
willingness to assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and
transfer all the rights of ownership of this
consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of
the complete funds to your country. Secondly, I will arrange for the
consignment already labeled as family treasure to be lifted by diplomatic
means to our security company's correspondence in GHANA where I will meet
with you.
You have nothing to worry about, my son will be there to assist you in
anyway necessary with all proper documentation. This transaction is 100%
risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter.
Please reply through this following Email address (samkofi47@yahoo.co.uk)
Thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Samuel kofi
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