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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: joeattah2001@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:45:55 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Hello
Dear friend,
I apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you through this medium for a business transaction of this magnitude, but due to its urgency and importancy, it therefore, became necessary for me to seek for your assistance. I am Mr. Joe Attah, a counsel to late Mr. A. Groove, a national of your country and was a seasoned contractor with all service companies here in Accra , Ghana.
Unfortunately, he lost his life in a ghastly motor accident on the 16/04/2004 together with his wife and children along the Accra-Kumasi expressway Pokuase , Ghana . Before his sudden and mysterious death, he deposited the sum of US$15,550,000. {Fifteen million five hundred and fifty thousand United State dollars} in a fixed account of a Savings & Loan Company here in Accra , Ghana .
I knew this because all the legal proceedings were duly carried out by my humble self. After his death four years ago, I made several approaches to your embassy to help me locate any of his relatives so as to come and stand as the next of kin to my late client in order to have this huge sum transferred in his or her bank account. But all my effort proved abortive.
After several unsuccessful attempts in locating any of his relations and the latest ultimatum given to me by the Savings & Loan Company, mandating me to provide my client's next of kin within the next two month OR I have the money confiscated, which I wouldn't live to see it happen, hence my decision to contact you so that I can present you as the next of kin to my late client.
All I demand from you is your honest co-operation so that this fund {US$15,550,000.} could be transferred into any of your choice account within the shortest time possible.
For your assistance and co-operation, I intend to part 30% of the whole fund to you while the remaining 70% you will keep for me which i intend to invest in your country. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this transaction. Therefore, if you are willing and ready to assist me, please write to me for more details.
Thanks,
Joe Attah
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