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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?BASSEY=20ATTAH?= <basseyattah_1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: basseyattah2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:33:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PLEASE TREAT THIS VERY URGENTLY.
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: basseyattah_1@yahoo.c=
o.uk
Attention please,....
=20
I humbly ask for your assistance to enable me transfer the money my late =
father kept in a bank in (THE TRUST BANK) before he died, into your nomin=
ated account overseas.
=20
My name is Bassey Attah, my mother=92s name is Madam Mariam Attah and my =
late father=92s name is Chief Omeh Attah,he was a gold and diamond mercha=
nt from Ashanti region of Ghana in West Africa.
=20
I am from a polygamous family and my father has four wives and twenty-fou=
r children, am the eighth child and my mother is the last wife of my fath=
er and he entrusted all his valuable documents to her.
=20
Since we are from a polygamous home, after the death of my father, the wh=
ole family has been deserted.
=20
Now my elder brothers, sisters and their mothers are in search of my fath=
er=92s documents but my mother who is in possession of the documents has =
refused to disclose the custodian of the documents to them, because they =
are all fighting for themselves and their selfish interest.
=20
Right now all I want from you is your bank account number where we can in=
struct the bank to transfer this money to you by telegraphic transfer, wh=
ich takes about three working days.
=20
We are making this arrangement in order to avoid the rest of the children=
and their mothers, because if they find out they will take everything fr=
om us.
=20
The original document of the transaction including the pin code has been =
couriered to them by our family lawyer Barrister Henry mensah.
=20
I am the next of kin to my father=92s estates, as shown in the legal docu=
ments, please kindly help us to effect this transaction, it is for the mu=
tual benefit of both parties, you will be entitle to twenty percent of th=
e funds, as the owner of the account, the total amount in the bank is $28=
million dollars.
=20
Please reply immediately with your Bank account details so that we can fo=
rward the information to the bank of ghana to expedite the transfer immed=
iately.
=20
So send your reply to this my alternative private email id: basseyattah20=
05@yahoo.co.uk
=20
Could you also include your contact address, fax numbers and your private=
mobile phone number for easy communication.
Best regards,
Bassey Attah.
+233-243485760.
(Son)=20
- BASSEY ATTAH
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