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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: "JOY FRANK" <joy_frank3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankobi_234@138mail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:04:40 -0600
Subject: Dear Reply Ugent......
FRANK JOHNSON OBI.
12,Kofi Anam Street,
Accra-Ghana.
Dear Sir,
I am FRANK JOHNSON OBI, the Personal Driver to late Mr. Roger Thersites ,a
foreigner, who used to work with Jange Chemical Development Company in Ghana
.On the 16th of February 1998, my Master,his wife and their two children
were involved in a plane crash in taiwan which involved the death of Mr.
Sheu Yuan-dong, governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only
daughter with other four other finance officials returning from a
conference in Bali Died in a plane crash in Taiwan,Some passengers on board
died of which my Master and his family was one of the victim.Here you can
confirm from this website below.
www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my Master's
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to
locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly, the Bank
where the deceased had an account valued at about US$13 million dollars has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or Have the account
confisicated ,since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives
for over 5 years now I seek your conscent to present you as the next of kin
of the deceased since your a foreigner and the same so that the proceeds of
this account valued at US$13 million can be paid to you and then you and me
can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for
expenses incured or tax as your government may require.
I have to work on the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable
us see this dealt through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I
await your urgent response.reply with this email;f234f@138mail.com
Best Regards,
FRANK JOHNSON OBI.
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