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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: "Synergy Synergy" <synergy_10@msn.com>
Reply-To: wadrab@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:55:13 +0000
Subject: IN VIEW OF MR. MERMEK BERK
Ecowas Investment and Dev Bank Limited
Ridge Road
Accra,Ghana
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope this will not meet you as a surprise, as I know that I have not
heard any previous corresspondence with you, but have taken interest in
you, as a result of my choice of investment. I am Roland Thomas,
Deputy General Manager,Debt Management and Services Ecowas Investment and
Dev Bank Limited Ghana.
I am seeking your assistance to transfer and invest the sum of $9.7M in the
United States of America
The source of these funds is as follows:
On June 6, 1999,a Foreign Gold Miner /consultant with the Ghana
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Mermek Berk, made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$9,700,000.00,(Nine Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my
branch.
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, the Ghana Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy, that Mr.Mermek Berk died from an automobile
accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Mermek Berk
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit documents in my Bank. This sum of
US$9,700,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my bank
for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to the Ghana Law, at the expiration of 6 (six) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that, since Mr.Mermek Berk is a Foreigner, I
will like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money which
was fixed deposited in my bank.
I am writing you because as a public servant, I cannot operate a
foreign account, and moreso, my choice of investment, which is one of the
reasons why I would want you to assist me, as I will need your
assistance to invest these funds to which which any PROFIT
RETURN will be shared under an agreed percentage between us
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to
claim them. This is simple.I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address, as well as phone and fax
numbers,so that all the neccessary document can be prepared , which will put
you in place as the beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the
ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you.
If you are interested, please reply immediately and upon your response,I
shall provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help
you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share ina profitable venture within the
United States of America.
I await your urgent response
Regards.
Roland Thomas Mr.
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