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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: "Peter Mameh" <petermameh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: petermameh@walla.com
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:26:09 -0600
Subject: Mutual Business Benefit
Request for Confidential Business Relationship,
May I clave your indulgence to solicit your co-operation in a business
Opportunity. Although I am skeptical to discuss the business on the
Internet owing to a lot of unsolicited/Spam mail on the net this days,
But I would be glad to do so if you provide me with your private email
Address and of course your direct telephone number so that I can call you.
I am only be skeptical because I do not know you in person, If you
Provide me with details information about you, I will be more
Confident to write you an email details of this transaction or better
Still discuss it on phone with you.
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for
Your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction.
By way of summarized profile of myself I am Dr.Jalloh Omar
a high placed official working with the Ministry of State for Finance here
in Banjul, Gambia, West Africa. My Department (the Treasury Department) runs
into several thousand millions of dollars monthly. Myself and two other
colleagues in this department are currently in need of a silent foreign
partner whose bank account we can use to transfer the sum of Eighteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars (us$18,500,000.00).
These funds accrued legitimately (but discretely) to us as commission
>From foreign contracts, through our private connections. The fund is
Presently waiting to be remitted by our offshore funds managers to any
Foreign beneficiary submitted by us to them as the receiver of the fund.
However, by virtue of our positions as civil servants in our country,
We cannot acquire this money in our names. Because as high placed civil
Servants, we are not allowed by the civil service code of conduct to own or
operate bank accounts outside of our shores. On the other hand, it is not
safe for us to keep the money here due to our unstable political
environment.
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look
For an overseas silent partner in whose account we would transfer the
US$18,500,000.00 for mutual benefit, hence the reason for this email.
What I am requesting from you is: (1) To be our silent partner and receive
the funds in your account in trust. (2) Provide a bank account under your
control to which the funds will be remitted. (3) Receive the funds in your
account, take out your commission and keep the rest of the money until I
arrive there to meet you after the transfer is completed. Our proposal is
that after you receive the funds, it would be shared as follows: (1) 20% to
you as commission, while the remaining 80% belongs to Myself and the two
colleagues here. You will be free to take out your commission immediately
after the funds hit your account. Since our objective is to invest the money
in a foreign country, it would be appreciated if you can also help us to
invest our own money into profitable ventures in your country. However, this
is optional, and should it not be convenient for you to further assist us
with investing the money, we can end our cooperation after you hand over to
us our percentage of the money. The transaction, although discrete, is
legitimate and the money will be transferred to your account with all
necessary back-up documents showing legitimate source/origin of fund.
The transfer will be effected to your account within seven (7) working
days as soon as we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable
bank account for receiving the money.
I plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested or not, kindly do
not expose this information to any one else. I confirm that the transaction
is legitimate and without any risks either to ourselves or yourself. Please,
give me your response immediately by return mail while keeping everything
confidential. Alternate e-mail:petermameh@walla.com
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.peter mameh
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