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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:18:22 -1200
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED



From: The Manager,

Mr Mathew Kufour
International Commercial Bank Ghana

First Light Branch

Accra, Ghana.

Attnn


I know you will be surprise to receive this mail. I got
your contact through the net when I was searching a
reliable person who will assist me Mathew Kufour is my name
and I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank
Ghana, First Light Branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two
kids.

I write to solicit your kind assistance in a fund transfer
deal of US$1,700.000.00. This fund is the excess of the
profit made by this branch during the year 2007. As the
manager of the bank, I have already submitted an approved
End of the Year report for the year 2007 to my Head Office
here in Accra Ghana and they will never know of this Excess.
This amount US$1,700.000.00. Is presently held on a Sundry
Account where I am have placed it without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected
to this money thus I am impelled to request for your
assistance to receive this money into your bank account. I
intend to part 35% of this fund to you while 65% shall be
for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no
risk involved in this. It's going to be a simple bank to
bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of this fund.If you accept this offer, I
will appreciate your timely response, as I have
meticulously planned a swift transfer of the fund to any
account you will nominate.your earliest response would be
appreciated.

With regards,

Mathew Kufour

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