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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: Kwame Kufuor <kwamekufuor956@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS NEEDED
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: kwamekufuor956@yahoo.com
- FROM,Kwame Kufuor RUE 81 COCODY -ABIDJAN GH- ACCRA-GHANA TELEPHONE:+00233249172560 Dear Mr/Mrs, Compliments of the day, I have sent several mails to you through post but did not receive any reply from you and i decided to contact you via email as that will be the only source that will be convenient to me at this time.Introducing myself,I am Kwame Kufuor 21 years of age the son of His Royal Highness late King Jones Kufuor the traditional ruler of Kumassi in the republic of Ghana My father before his death,was a gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra,Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast ) he was poisoned by his business associates on one of their business trips in China. Before the death of my father on 20th February 2006 in a private hospital here in Ghana, He secretly called me to his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$18.5Musd deposited in asecurity company here in Ghana -Accra ,he told me that he used my name as the next of kin when he deposited the money. He also explained to me that it was because of the huge amount involved in the deal that he was poisoned by his business associates, he advised me to seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice in europe, where there is no war or strife and transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of existing business and real estate management,this according to him was because of the agreement he made with the bank on the day he deposited this money, in this agreement, he stated to the bank that the money will be transferred to his foreign partners account in UNITEDKINGDOM for the implementation of a business project however he did not indicate anybody's name as the foreigner and he was about to supply them with this information before the incident took place. As a result of this the bank made it to be mandatory to me that the money will be transferred in accordance to this deposit agreement which they made with my father, this is the reason why i contacted you to assist me in the following ways as my father did not indicate anybody's name as the beneficiary. 1- To assist me in providing an account where this money can be transferred in your country. 2)- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my education and also invest this money into any good lucrative investment, Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund into your account overseas. If you are willing and able to assist me , kindly forward to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable me forward to you the prove documents showing the deposit of this fund after which i will send the contact of the bank to you for you to contact them and know how the money will be transferred. I look forward to hearing from you.Regards.Kwame Kufuor
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