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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: "Mr. Kelvin Malik" <lurafax007@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kmalik76@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 01:17:57 +0100
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT VERY URGENTLY


DEAR SIR,

REF: TRANSFER OF US$6.5 MILLION

I know this is an unconventional way of introducing a business, but if you
can read my letter carefully, you will understand the necessity for my
action. I am a Director in Procurement Department with Ministry of Works and
Housing here in Ghana .

Sometime ago, a contract was awarded to two German (GMBH) Companies by my
committee on behalf of Works and Housing; the total contract value was US$20
million but members of my committee deliberately added extra US$6.5 million
to enable us benefit from the project. The Initial above companies have been
paid fully the total sum of US$20million since they have completed the
project, but we still have the over invoiced sum of $6.5 million left in the
Government Suspense account.

To enable us transfer this money into a foreign account, we were able to
convince the office of the Parliament that we left us$6.5 million because
the above companies have abandoned the project without finishing the
maintenance portion of the contract. On the above reason, the Parliament has
approved that we find another company to finish the maintenance portion and
pay the balance of us$6.5million to the company.

There is no work to be performed by you or your company; rather we shall
issue a coverage letter stating that your company has performed all the
internal work to the Akosonbo power functions as maintenance only which does
not involve any work outside the building structure itself. If you agree to
this proposal, we have agreed that the following funds will be shared thus
after it has been paid into your account;

a) 20% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
fund.( b) 5% has been set aside for reimbursement for incidental expenses
that you may be incurred in the course of the transaction. c) 75% to us
(which we wish to commence an important business in conjunction with you).
I shall let you know the next step as soon as i hear from you and again, I
must assure you of 100% risk free of this transaction.

Yours Faithfully,
Kelvin Malik

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