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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: "jeremiah adams" <jeremiahadams13@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:44:38 +0100
Subject: Re:Urgent
*From the desk of
Jeremiah Adams
International commercial Bank(ICB)Ghana.
Attn:
It is my pleasure to seek for your assistance, and you should consider it
very important. This is an opportunity i would want us to utilize well. I am
Mr Jeremiah Adams , an officer in charge of Auditing and Accounting section
with International commercial bank LTD Ghana, and also a Relationship
Account Officer to Dr Salim Chidiac, a Lebanese.
He was a Seasoned Contractor with Ghana Cement Company in Ghana Republic,
who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africans Flight
Boeing 727 in Benin republic in December 25, 2003. You will read more
stories about the crash on visiting this website:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/Africa/12/26/Benin.crash/
Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Dr Salim Chidiac, has a fixed
deposit account with the bank and no other person knows about this account
or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him
in the crash. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank to the
government. Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 7 weeks now. I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$12.5 million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money
in proportion 70% to me and 30% to you.
I sincerely request 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 and me from any breach of the
law. while it will take only 14 working days the funds will be in your
nominated Bank account. you should forward the following information to me
for a quicker communication and commencement of the said fund transfer.For
purpose of confidentiality of this transaction, you are strictly advised to
send me your reply at this alternative email address (
jeremiahadams01@latinmail.com)
A. Your Full Name
B. Private telephone number
C. Full Banking details where you want the amount transferred.
Yours Sincerely.
Jeremiah Adams.
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