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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: "Mr.Michael Owusu" <mikkyroyal4000@ozu.es> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mikkyroyal@zwallet.com
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:29:39 +0000
Subject: Business Proposal From Mr.Michael Owusu
From: Mr. Michael Owusu,
Admintrative secretary,
Standard security and Finance Company,
Accra-Ghana,
Attn:
My name is Mr. Michael Owusu, I am Admintrative secretary of the Standard security and Finance Company, Accra-Ghana, in the Western Region of Ghana.
I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 49years of age and married with 2 kids.
It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, I only hope we can assist each other.
If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as Admintrative secretary of Standard security and Finance Company; it is my duty to take record of all
consignment that is deposited with Standard security and Finance Company . On the course of the last year 2004 end of year report, I discovered two abandoned
consignment.
When I go into investigation I find out that the two consignments contains Twenty five million united state dollars ( $25, 000, 000, 00 ) the with consignment no: 1200+ 1201
belongs to one of our foreign client by name Mr. Karl Karson who lost his life with his wife in January 30, 2000 Alaska air crash, you can see this site for your verification:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list.
As an officer of the Security company I can not be directly connected to this money, so that is why I contacted you so that I can present you as the beneficiary to this two
consignment so that my company will release the consignment to you for us to share the fund there in.
Note that I have the certificate of deposit of the diseased person and other related documents including the deposit agreement which was issued to Mr. Karl Karson on the
day of deposit.
If you accept this business to work with me, I want you to specify how you wish us to share the money in percentage (%) so that both parties will be satisfied.
Note there are practically no risk involve if you can not come down to Ghana you can arrange with our operation manager to deliver the consignment to you in your
country.
All I need from you is to stand claim as the original Beneficiary of this fund with our company so that my company will release the fund to you for our own benefit.
If you accept this offer to work with me, kindly detail me with your direct telephone and fax number so that I will draft for you, a text of application you will submit to
my company requesting for the release of this consignment to you as the next of kin/ beneficiary to this Consignment.
All information about this claim must be maintained highly confidential to avoid any jeopardy on this my effort.
Best regards,
Mr. Michael Owusu.
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