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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "David Appia" <davidappia@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:55:50 -0700
Subject: Hello
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
# 16 Achimota Road,
Accra Ghana.
Hello Dear,
Compliments Of The Day,
Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.David Appia. ,A Top
Management Official of International Commercial Bank Accra Ghana ,I came
to know about you in my private email chat for a reliable person/company to
handle an important assingment on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.
Proposition, Eng.Bob Anderson,a Chemical Engineer and an Oil Merchant here
in Ghana,has the sum of $4.8 million in our Bank.Unfortunately,he died in
an accident in the oil field a long time ago.
Efforts had been made by the management of my corporation through the
Embassy in Ghana here to contact any of the deceased children but to
noavail,as we were made to understand he had no children and has long
divorced from his wife of many years living him a lonely man.
Given the skeletal information available to the corporation, it has so far
been impossible to reach any of the relatives. The situation left for
theManagement is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the
Amount to trading on behalf of the interest of the corporation. In order
to avoid this development, my Colleagues and I now seek your approval to have
you stand as a distant relative to Eng.Bob Anderson, so that the money
would be released to you,Please do not get us wrong we are only being
ambitious and making adequate use of the opportunity open to us.
All documents and proofs to enable you get the money will be carefully
packaged once we receive your consent on this proposal. I shall Apply for
leave as soon as the funds gets into your reliable account to come to your
country for possible sharing and investment opportunity which youwill assist
me in doing. May I assure you that this is safe and risk-free, as we have
taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free movement.
I have the authority of my partners involved in this assignment to propose
that should you be willing to assist us in this,your share would be 20%.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.
As i will only be checking your reply from today.
Best Regards,
Mr.David Appia.
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