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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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From: "essianakuffo_21@terra.es" <essianakuffo_21@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:16:55 +0100 (MET)
Subject: GOOD DAY
From: Mr. Essian Akuffo,
Regional Manager NIB:-National Investment Bank LTD.
Your Kind Attention;
This proposal may come to you as a big surprise due to we have not met before, however, I am contacting you for a business relationship that will be of great benefit to you and my family, meanwhile your e-mail contact address was given to me in my quest for a reliable person to handle this transaction in good faith, trust and understanding.
First let me start by introducing myself as Mr. Essian Akuffo, from Cape Coast Ghana, I am the regional manager of the NIB-National Investment Bank Tema Branch here in Ghana, I am 46years of age and married with 2 lovely kids.
It may interest you to hear that I am a man of peace and don't want problem, I only hope we can assist each other in this project however if you don't want this business offer kindly forget it, as I will not contact you again.
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of the National Investment Bank it is my duty to send in annual financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra.
On the course of the first quarter of the year January to April and the second quarter May to August and last quota respectively, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made $3.2 Three Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars access which my head office and bank directors are oblivion of and I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this fund, so this informed my contacting you for us to work together so that you can assist in receiving this fund into your foreign bank account. Money will be transferred directly to your account as the original depositor who made the deposit with our branch. I have resolved to offer you 35% of the total Sum for your assistance, while you will help me in purchasing of properties with the remaining 65% in your country.
Note that there are practically no risk involved in this transaction because it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand and claim this fund as the original depositor who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
If you accept this offer to work with me I will appreciate it very much also note that this transaction needs absolute confidentiality if it must be successfully succeed, I shall expect you to contact me urgently with the following information's as I will be glad to know who I am dealing with:....
1) Your Full Name...........
2) Your Contact Address........
3) Your Private Telephone Number........
4) Your Fax Number.............
5) Your Age....../Sex....... /Nationality.......
You should contact me immediately you receive this email on above email address for more discussion.
I wait for your urgent response/call.
Best Regards,
Mr. Essian Akuffo. Urgent Attention,
Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, rápido, fiable.
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