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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: "wippy alex" <alexwippy04@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:01:28 +0000
Subject: CALL BACK
FROM: ALEX WIPPY
FROM: E-MAIL: alexwppy27@yahoo.de
DEAR,
MY NAME ALEX WIPPY THE ELDEST SON OF CHIEF S. JOHN WIPPY FROM ZIMBABWE. THIS
LETTER MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU ABOUT WHERE I GOT YOUR CONTACT
ADDRESS AND HOW I KNEW YOU. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS FROM THE GHANA CHAMBERS OF
TRADE INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN GHANA.
DURING THE CURRENT WAR AGAINST THE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE SUPPORTERS
OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE-OWNED FARMS FOR HIS
PARTY MEMBERS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FARMERS IN
OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE HE STONGLY OPPOSED MUGABE'S IDEAS, MUGABE'S
SUPPORTERS INVADED MY FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT EVERYTHING IN THE FARM,
KILLING MY FATHER AND MADE AWAY WITH A LOT OF ITERMS IN MY FATHER'S FARM.
BEFORE HIS DEATH, MY FATHER HAD DEPOSITED WITH ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN
GHANA, THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION, AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS. THIS WAS MONEY HE PLANNED TO USE IN BUYING NEW MACHINERY AND TO SET
UP A NEW FARM IN SWAZILAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, WE DECIDED TO
ESCAPE TO AN AFRICA COUNTRY CALLED GHANA IN WEST AFRICA, BECAUSE OF
CONTINUED HARASSMENT FROM MUGABE AND HIS SUPPORTERS. AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED
TO CONTACT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL
ASSIST US TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT OF GHANA (AFRICA) AND INVEST THE SAID SUM
INTO ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS VENTURE OF OUR CHOICE THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE.
YOUR ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL
SUM, AND 5% WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE
COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND 80% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHICH WILL
BE INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR AGRICULTURE OR THEREABOUT.ALL WE WANT YOU TO
DO IS TO ACT AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO THE FUND, AND TO ASSIST US CLAIM THE
FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SECURED THE FUND WE
WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN HELP US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS PERMANENT
RESIDENTS.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFY YOU, DO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY WRITING THROUGH
THIS MEDIUM OR CALL THE NUMBER ABOVE TO ENABLE ME EDUCATE YOU MORE ON THE
MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION. FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, YOU SHALL RECEIVE 30%
OF THE ENTIRE SUM, AMOUNTING TO US$5.55 MILLION OF THE US$18.5 MILLION,
WHILE 60% OF THE TOTAL SUM, AMOUNTING TO US$11.1 MILLION WILL BE FOR ME AND
MY PARTNERS AND 10% AMOUNTING TO US$1.85MILLION WILL BE USED TO DEFRAY ALL
EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF TRANSFERRING THESE FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT,
SUCH AS TAXATION AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
REGARDS
ALEX WIPPY
alexwppy27@yahoo.de
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