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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: "Mr Frank Williams" <williams@mulumba.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:49:34 +0000
Subject: send reply to my private email
Frank Ofori Williams
Manager Eastern Region Chapter two Branch
International Commercial Bank of Ghana Ltd
West Africa
Dear Friend
I am contacting you base on mutual trust as I do not want problems but just hope you can assist me in actualizing the under mentioned project,I am in control of the sum of one million, eight hundred and fifty thousand US dollars ($1,850,000.00) which was an excess of profit made by our Eastern Region Branch Office in the Last quarter Financial Summery of last year 2004,The afore Mentioned amount I have been carefully placed in an Escrow Deposit Account with systematize procedures without declaring it to my executives.
Can I really trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up myself and you deduct 30% of the total money as your commission if you accept my offer you can contact me immediately.
All I need, is you to provide me with a good current bank account
where I can move this money through a laid down modalities, I will
confidentially give you all the information concerning the account and the date of deposit so that you can apply to the bank for the release of the money, There is practically no risk involved, It will be a bank-to-bank wire transfer,I hope you understand my situation.
Be rest assured that this transaction is absolutely risk free.
If you have any question regarding this proposal, feel free to ask send reply to my private email frankofori@excite.com
Thank you and God bless.
Yours truly,
Frank Ofori Williams
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