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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: kojomi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:28:59 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Reply=20=28Do=20get=20back=20to=20me=29=20?=
From: Kojo Michael
Address: Accra-Ghana,
Good day,
With all humility and respect, I greet you! Please I do not intend to make
you uncomfortable with this proposal but rather present to you a life time
opportunity of a huge financial deal that will benefit both parties greatly.
Straight to the purpose of this mail.
I am Kojo Machael, an account supervisor here in the Commercial Bank of
Ghana. In 2006, a Foreign Oil and Gas Merchant, (client/customer to the
bank), working at the Ghana Petrolum Co-operation, made a Fixed Deposit
for twelve calendar months, valued at USD$30,000,000.00, (thirty Million,
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder to
his resident address but no reply. On further investigation, I confirmed
>from his co-employers at the Ghana Petroleum Co-operation that he was involved
in the oil explosion which took place at the Tema Refinary.
Meanwhile, when he made the deposit in branch here, he did not declare any
kin or relations on his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper
work in my Branch. However, this sum of USD$30,000,000.00 is deposited in
Escrow Fixed Account here in my branch. As the account officer, I'm the
only one who has information about the deposit and according to Ghana law,
at the expiration of 5 (five) years, if no one applies for the claims of
the fund, the money will revert to the ownership of the Ghana Government.
Consequently, I seek your consent to present you as a foreigner to stand
in as the rightful owner, next of kin or business partner to our late client,
so you can claim the money with the help of my attorney. This is simple.
I would like you to provide me your Full names, contact address as well
as your direct telephone number, so that I can put in Bank Computer Data,
to prove you as the rightful beneficiary/next of kin to our late client
who made the deposit.
The money will be transferred to your nominated bank account in your country
and we share in the ratio of 50% for me and 40% for you, 10% to pay off
any expense we might incur. There is no risk at all as all internal documentation
will manager and retrieve by me and this will guarantee the successful execution
of this transaction on your behalf, please reply immediately via my email
address: kojom_m@excite.com
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction and swing into the
Necessary action while I confide in you, hoping you will not betray me at
last.
Best Regards
Kojo Michael
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