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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: Dankwa Isi <dankwa_isi79@live.com>
Reply-To: <dankwa_isi@katamail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:54:15 +0000
Subject: Kind Greeting,


Kind Greeting,
I write to seek your services in a private and confidential matterregarding some funds unaccounted for in our bank here in Ghanaduring the last 2006 business year.
As a Regional Manager in thisBank, I deposited this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT at our headquarters pending when I shall get a reliable person.This requires a private arrangement. Could you perhaps be able toreceive these funds under legal claims then I will fill you in.I will appreciate for fewer questions asked and your participationwill be 30% of the total money.
There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will beexecuted under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you fromany breach of the law, it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer.I have all the details and will fill you in if you are really willing.Your major role would be to provide an existing account or open a new bank account where the funds will be transferred and stand as the original depositor of this fund in our bank, as long as you willremain honest to me till the end for this important business trustingin you and believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
At this juncture, I wish to tell you what prompted me to package thisdeal. I have a 9yrs old daughter who has leukemia, a disease of theblood, and she needs a bone marrow transplant or she will die. I wantthis transplanting to be done in any good children's hospital in yourcountry, if there is one.Once this fund is transferred into your account, I shall resign from myjob and bring my family to start a new life in your country,
allcorrespondences will be via email for now.The funds in question are quite large, Ten Million Three hundred andThirty Four Thousand United States Dollars ($10,334,000.00).I will expect a straight answer from you. If yes, please get back to meso that we can work out the modalities without further delay.Thank you and God bless.

Mr. Dankwa Isi
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