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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: "Kojo Mensah" <kojomensah011@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mensah77@north.org
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:17:47 -0900
Subject: Interested? pls REPLY

FROM: Mr.: kojo Mensah.,
Manager
International Commercial Bank.
Kaneshie Branch, Accra-Ghana.
West Africa.


Attn:


My name is Mr. kojo Mensah; I am the regional manager of the international
commercial bank of Ghana. I am 44 years of age married with 3 lovely kids. I
got your information through the Internet and hope and wish that we can work
together.

I have successfully and carefully packaged a financial transaction that will
benefit both of us. As the regional manager of the international commercial
bank (ICBGH). It is my duty and responsibility to send in, a financial
report to the head office of my bank here in Accra (Ghana) at the end of
each fiscal year.

In the course of report and submission of the end of the year (2004)
financial activities of my branch to the head office. I discovered that my
branch in which I am the head and the manager made an outstanding profit of
US$3, 750, 000.00 (three Million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
only) which is unaccounted and undeclared and of which the head office is
not
and will never be aware of. I have since and accordingly placed the funds
(US$3, 750, 000.00) in a suspense account without any beneficiary.

As the manager and an employee of the bank, I can not be directly involved
and connected with the money, so this has informed my contacting you for us
to work together so that you can assist in receiving this money into your
bank account for us to share.

For your involvement and participation in the scheme, you shall receive 30%
of the total money after conclusion. The transaction (scheme) is risk free
and the money will be transferred to your designated account through
bank-to-bank transfer via telegraphic wire transfer. All that you will
require to do is to stand and make claim as the original and bonafide
depositor of the funds with the bank (my branch) so that my head office will
give approval for the transfer of the funds to your designated account.

Note that as the manager of my branch of the bank that all the requisite and
necessary arrangements have been masterfully and expertly put in place to
facilitate your successful claim of the money and the eventual transfer of
the money.

Upon your reply of this mail and your indication of interest in the
transaction, I shall oblige you further details.

Awaiting your prompt response.

Best regards,
Mr. kojo Mensah.
EMAIL:mensah77@north.org

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