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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: ktwhcfb1@sohu.com
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:52:07 GMT
Subject: FROM MR.BONSU TSIKATA
Good Day,
My name is Mr. Bonus Kwaw Tsikata a branch manager of HFC BANK GHANA (LTD) I am writing to you on behalf of my Uncle, a top government official Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata currently under investigation in the law court for corrupt enrichment and causing financial loss to the state during is tenure in office as former Chief Executive of Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation.
And upon conviction government of Ghana has rule out that he will loose his assets both physical and cash to the government because of his status as political opposition to the incumbent government.
PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME TO MY ALTENATIVE EMAIL ID AT
(ktwhcfb@gmx.com)
On June 18, 2008, An Accra Fast Track High Court on Wednesday sentenced Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), to five years' imprisonment for willfully causing financial loss to the State and misapplying public property.
My aim of contacting you is to crave your indulgence to assist us in securing the said funds abroad for safe keeping. Here my uncle advised me to look for a foreigner that will be reliable and trustworthy to assist me to stand as my uncle foreign business partner abroad whom my uncle deposit the funds on his behalf, to provide his account information were this money will be transferred for safe keeping in other to avoid any trace from the ruling government.
The need to contact you arose from the fact that the present government is cracking down on the opposition and trying to trace all the funds and properties that belong to him, if they succeed in tracing this fund of my uncle, they will seize it and thereby incapacitating his party campaign abilities.
We wish to relocate this fund in a foreigner's name to avoid any trace. All I need from you is an assurance that you can handle the amount involved (US$16,3m) comfortably and that I can also trust you with this arrangement.(SIXTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
I have the instruction from my Uncle to search for a reliable contact abroad to move out this funds totaling $16.3Million dollars which he deposited in the bank (ANONYMOUSLY) in account called Escrow coded account in a bank known as HFC BANK OF GHANA LTD before government will confiscate it because government has map out strategies to siphon his properties. My Uncle intends to part 25% of this fund to you if you accept to help out in transferring the fund in your nominated bank account for safekeeping.
Every strategy to make this transaction a success has been mapped out. Kindly reach me immediately for further information.
PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME TO MY ALTENATIVE EMAIL ID AT
(ktwhcfb@gmx.com)
With Due Respect
Mr.Bonsu Kwaw Tsikata
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