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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: "Okene Richard" <ohekeric10@superposta.com>
Reply-To: oheneric000@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:54:16 +0100
Subject: You are the only person i have contacted for this.


Greetings to you,

I humbly seek your services in a confidential matter regarding some funds,
Five Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($5,850,000.00)
Unaccounted for in our bank, Barclays Bank of Ghana, Takoradi Branch,
during the end of the year external audit.

As the Branch Manager of the Bank, I deposited this fund in an ESCROW CALL
ACCOUNT at our Headquarter. I need an assistance of a trustworthy person who
can come in as the original beneficiary i.e. depositor of these funds.

Your major role would be to provide a bank account where the funds will be
transferred to. You will have 14% of these funds as your share at the end of
this transaction.

I will provide all the necessary documents needed for the transaction.
Please there is no risk involve in this transaction, is just Bank to bank
transfer.

What prompted this deal is because I have a 9-year old daughter who has
Leukemia, blood cancer. She needs a bone marrow transplant to save her
life. I want this transplanting done in any good hospital in your country.
I shall resign from my job and bring my family to start a new life in your
country when this transfer is done.

You are the only one I have contacted for this business and if you can
assist me, please get back to me so that I shall give you more detail on how
to proceed.

Sincerely,
Mr.Richard Okene.
Tel: +233 2739 8683 1

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