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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: "DR.JOHN OBIKA" <drjohnobika01@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: drjohnobika1960@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:04:02 +0000
Subject: TRANSACTION
VERY URGENT INVESTMENT TRANSACTION
ATTENTION: SIR______________________
IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT ( TWENTY SIX MILLION U.S.DOLLARS) FROM A BANK. I
HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK FOR A REALIABLE AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE
FOR THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS. BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER
NOW OR IN FUTURE.
I AM DR.JOHN.O.MAKATI, THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF ONE OF PRIME BANKS HERE IN
WEST AFRICA ACCRA GHANA, THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1980
AND SINCE 1990 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING THROUGH
SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMITT THIS MONEY
OUT URGENTELY IT WILL FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR ARTHUR COLEMAN.A FORIGNER AND THE MANAGER
OF PETROL CHEMICAL SERVICE, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY PROFFESSION AND HE DIED
SINCE 1990. NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING
IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME
AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE
AMOUNT INVOVED IS(U.S.$ 26,000,000.00).
I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I
DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE
THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO ANY LOCAL BANK HERE BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED
TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE
MONEY IS U.S DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR ARTHUR COLEMAN.AND
HE WAS A FOREIGNER TOO.
I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW
OUR SELF BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I ONLY
GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM OUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE SEARCHING WITH BELIEVE IN
GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON
THAT I HAVE CONTACTED FOR THIS BUSINESS FOR NOW. SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY.
WHEN THE TRANSFER IS APPROVED AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE IS ALLOCATED OVERSEAS,
THROUGH THE OFFSHORE PAYING DELEGATE FOR FINAL CLEARANCE AND SIGNING OF THE
PAYMENT RELEASE FORM BY THE BENEFICIARY, I WANT US TO SEE AT THE OVERSEA
PAYING CLEARANCE OFFICE FACE TO FACE OR SIGNING OF THE ORIGINAL BINDDING
AGREEMENT TO BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE YOU WANT THE FUND TO BE REMITTED.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A FOREIGNER WITH A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT AS THE REAL BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS
WORK FINE, BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE THIS MONEY TO ANY FOREIGNER
WHO HAS THE CORRECT INFORMATION TO
THIS ACCOUNT. WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU WHEN SURE OF YOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE
SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST, ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS
AND MY ADIVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKE,
I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST.
I SHALL DESTROYED ALL DOCUMENT CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTIONS IMMEDIATELY WE
RECEIVED THIS MONEY
LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE. I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE ON OTHER
STAFFS TO EFFECT LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR
ACCOUNT WITH APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FROM FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT. WITH
ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL INTACT PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR
COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING AND OTHER INVESTMENT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS,
YOU WILL BE GIVEN 25% OF THE TOTAL AMMOUNT, 70% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5%
WILL BE FOR EXPENSES , BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED DURING THE PROCESS
OF THIS TRANSACTION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY
OR YOU CAN CALL ME WITH THIS NUMBER 00-233-243801741
YOURS TRULY,
DR.JOHN.O.MAKATI
___________________________________________________________
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