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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: kofi smith <drkofismith2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 07:40:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Mr. Kofi Smith
ATTN
Good day, Compliment of the season to you and how your work is over there including your health condition generally. My name is Kofi Smith from Accra Ghana. My father is among of people are feared drowned after a boat sinks off Cameroon's Atlantic coast en route to Gabon. And my late father is a producer and merchant of COCOA, COFFEE, and TIMBER and also he is a membership of Gold distributor in Accra Ghana before his death. He has exported some goods over a million of dollars to one of his foreign customer and the fund has been paid and deposited with the security company .Sir since my late father his died, we have lost all his foreign partners, and am the only son of my parent. Please view the website of the incident <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm>
Before my late father died, the total amount of (14, 500, 000, 00 U S Dollars) which his foreign customer paid has been deposited with the security company in Accra Ghana as (family treasure) and also have two trunks boxes that contain (Diamond Gold) which has been deposited in security firm in Europe, luckily for me my late father used my name as his next of kin, sir because of the irrevocable condition of this Consignment (money) and the (Diamond Gold) that it can only be claimed by any of my late father foreign partner as beneficiary.
I decide to contacted you being a foreigner to present you as my late father foreign partner to assist me and claim this consignment (money) from the security company as beneficiary and also because of the magnitude of this fund which I know that investing in Europe will be a dream for me to search for more knowledge and make me be what I want to be in my life.
Meanwhile I get the certificate of deposit that cover this luggage (money) where my late father keep it and the (Diamond Gold) , please sir I want to present you as his foreign partner to claim this Consignment (money) and the (Diamond Gold) as beneficiary.
Now sir, I want this fund and also the (Diamond Gold) to be claim by you and shifted immediately to your country to enable me come and invest with you in your country, I will like to buy shares with the part of the total amount of the money in some reliable company in your country or any proper investment with you that is very reliable for me, and also i want you to be my late father foreign partner and claim this consignment (fund) from the security company immediately as beneficiary, Because my late father’s families are prepared to share his property including this fund. Meanwhile I will offer you 40 % of the total amount this money after this transaction
Please I want you to send me your personal telephone number to me for further discussion, I will be expecting from you soonest, and I will be grateful if you can render this assistance for me, get in touch with me for more detail.
Waiting for your urgent response to help me finance this transaction so that both of us will achieve our goal.
With regards,
Mr. Kofi Smith.+233242164161
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