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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: Dr paul Ahmed <paul.ahmed@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:05:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Gallatin,URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Gallatin
My Name is Dr Paul Ahmed, Head Of Operation, Providents Security & Insurance
Company here in Accra, Ghana. In my department, I discovered an abandoned
consignment worth over the sum of US$18million dollars (Twelve Million US
Dollars) in file that belongs to our foreign customer, LATE MR. ANDREAS
SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany who died along with his entire family in
July 2000 in a plane crash.
Below is a website which I will appreciate you going through to read the
information.
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Since then, I have made several enquiries to locate any of his extended
relatives but all effort has proved abortive.
The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to enable me present
you as the next-of-kin to him so this consignment will be released to you
for safety and subsequent disbursement.
Nobody has come to our company for claiming of the consignment.
It will be easy to convince the company since I am in possession of the
necessary legalised documents that back-up the consignment and which will
present you as the rightful next-of-kin to the deceased customer. I don't
want this consignment to go into company's treasury as unclaimed bill.
The company laws and guidelines stipulates that if such consignment
remains unclaimed after eight years, the company will confiscate it.
The request for a foreigner as next-of-kin in this transaction is
occasioned by the fact that late ANDREAS was a foreigner and any indigene
cannot stand as next-of-kin to a foreigner.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I
agree that 25% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision
of your assistance , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
transaction, another 5% to help the less privilege and to assist the
charity organisations here in Africa and abroad while the rest 65% will be
for me.
Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate release of this
consignment, you must apply to the company as the relation or next of kin
of the deceased indicating your complete information, complete name,
postal address, occupation, your private telephone and fax number for easy
and effective communication and location where the consignment will be
released to.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application you will send to the company to seek the release of the
consignment to you.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made. You should contact me as soon as you receive this mail. Or you can send your number for me to call you. Trusting to hear from you immediately for more detailed discussion.
Regards,
Dr Paul Ahmed
Head Of Operation ,
Providents Security & Insurance Company
Accra, Ghana.
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