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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: PATRICK OWUSU <pat_owusu@easymail.hu>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:43:39 +0200
Subject: PLEASE I HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
Sir/Madam,
I humbly ask for your assistance to enable me transfer the money my late father
kept in a bank in(International Commercial Bank)before he died, into your nominated
account overseas. My name is PATRICK OWUSU, my mother's name is Madam Mariam OWUSU
and my late father's name is Chief Omeh Attah OWUSU.
He was a gold and diamond merchant from Ashanti region of Ghana in West Africa I am
from a polygamous family and my father has four wives and twenty-four children, am
the eighth child and my mother is the last wife of my father and he entrusted all
his valuable documents to her.
Since we are from a polygamous home, after the death of my father, the whole family
has been deserted. Now my elder brothers, sisters and their mothers are in search
of my father's 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.
Right now all I want from you is your bank account number where we can instruct the
bank to transfer this money to you by telegraphic transfer, which takes about three
working days.
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 from us. It is for the
mutual benefit of both of us, you will be entitle to twenty percent of the funds,
as the owner of the account, the total amount in the bank is $21 million dollars.
Please reply immediately with your Bank account details so that we can forward the
information to the bank of ghana to expedite the transfer immediately.
Could you also include your contact address, fax numbers and your private mobile
phone number for easy communication.
Best regards.
PATRICK OWUSU
Easymail legyen neked is
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