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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: "misschristopher@ommail.com" <misschristopher@katamail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:23:30 -1200
Subject: FROM Miss L.B. Christopher
FROM: Miss L. B. CHRISTOPHER
MISSIONARY QUARTERS A15
CHURCH ROAD ACCRA GHANA
PLS SEND REPLY TO MY PRIVATE BOX :
Dear Respectful one ,
I feel good contacting you today I have read from your add
in Internet knowing quiet well that this contact will bring
a lasting relationship.
With regard to your reputation and co-worshipper of God who
will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing
this letter of assistance to you.
I am Miss Louisa. Christopher the only daughter of
Mr.Christopher from Republic of Zimbabwe in desire to get
somebody who will safe guard my interest, that of my junior
brother (Louis) and this money.Briefly, our father Mr.
Christopher was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Lome
Togo, Abidjan cote d'Ivoire, and had a branch office here in
Accra Ghana.My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who
has business in many countries in Europe, America and Asian
countries.According to my father, my own mother Died when I
was about six years of age, which means that I did not even
know my mother very well.The story is that my father Mr.
Christopher
was Poisoned to death by his business associates about seven
months ago, and he died in a private hospital here in Accra
Ghana.
But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick
bed and told us that he deposited the sum of Two Million
seven hundred thousand United State Dollars (US$2.7M) with a
local bank there in Accra, the economic and administrative
capital of Republic of Ghana.This money was kept for us in
my name, his only daughter. Right now I am a first year
student of business
management in one of the University here.My only problem now
is that since my father has been poisoned to death by his
business Associates, I don't even trust any other person
here again including my father's brothers and sisters.Right
now, I want you to help us in the following ways:
1)I want you to provide a personal / company's bank Account
where this amount here (US$2.7M) can be Transferred.
2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and Also my
personal guardian until I finished my studies.
3)You are going to procure admissions for us to continue our
studies in one of the known university in your country.
4) You are going to receive 15% of the total sum for
providing a bank account for this transfer.
5) That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit
to ACCRA GHANA here so that me and you can see each other
and we can then do the transfer at the same time and I will
go back with you to your country.
We hope to receive your early response, as it will Encourage
us, to stop establishing further contacts as It regards to
this subject matters, so that we will furnish you With a
private phone number where you can reach us Direct, on
receipt of your positive response.For your information, this
place we staying now is a House of a church sister who saw
our condition
and Decided to house us for a while.
THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR
LATE FATHER'S
BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.
Waiting to hear from you soon
Pls Send reply to my private
box:misschristopher@katamail.com
Thanks for your understanding,
Miss L.B. Christopher
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