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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: mike ofori <mikeofori00@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mikeofori30@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:54:53 +0000
Subject: please do it for my boss.
ATTN: SIR / MADAM,
Please pardon me for the informal way this email is reaching you. It is not my intention to approach you through the internet but because I do not have your full information, hence I decided to contact you through this means. My name is mike ofori; I am contacting you solely on business related issues. It is true that many people are engaged in different types of internet scam and that has further made it impossible for people to different between the genuine business proposal and dubious ones. This business might be overtly or covertly wrong but I will not allow my boss life time earnings to be confiscated by people who did not suffer with him.
Name (Engr) Chung Timothy, an American citizen who died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view this web site (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list) before his demise he deposited four million three hundred thousand euros in a bank here in Ghana which I witnessed as his personal boy to him and all the documents will be sent to you for your perusal at your demand. His only daughter whom he used as his next of kin was also involved in the same plane crash as above. And I have tried my best possible to contact any of his family members or extended family members to make claim this deposit but all to no avail.
The bank brought a letter about three days ago, where he made the deposit has contacted me on this subject mater to provide the next of kin, but I told them that I know somebody from the family that I will contact him as soon as possible, This is the reason why I am soliciting for your co-operation to be presented as a next of kin to my boss. All documents that will legalize you as the next of kin will secure by lawyer by the power of attorney. Upon your agreement to work with me to achieve this aim; I will plead with you to give me these few information’s of yours:
1. FULL NAMES................................................................
2. FULL MAILING ADDRESS...........................................
3. AGE AND MARITAL STATUS......................................
4. PROFFESSION............................................................
5. PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.......................
6. A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR ID OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION.............
7. PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER TO INCLUDE YOUR BANK Information’s until bank ask of it please, It will enable me to send it to the bank; definitely you will come over to Ghana to sign all documents.
Pease bear in mind that this issue is very confidential and I promised you that within 7 working days, this fund will be transferred into your account of your choice, I will glad to share this money 50 / 50 with you is a deal.
Please do not bother to reply if you are not willing to work with me
You’re truly,
Mike ofori
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