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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: "ben sylver" <bensy2004@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:33:37 +0000
Subject: HELLO MY DEAR
FROM :BEN SYLVER.
MISSIONARY QUARTERS
12.RUE DE L'EGLISE LOME, TOGO
Dear Friend,
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 Ben Sylver the only son of Mr. Ben from Republic of Liberia in
desire to get somebody who will safe guard my interest, that of my junior
sister (Victoria) and this money. I went to a co-worshipper who works with
lome Chamber of Commerce and Industries, he personally directed me to
contact you in your position.
Briefly, our father Mr Ben was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Lome
Togo and had a branch office 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. Ben was poisoned to death by his business
associates about seven months ago, and he died in a private hospital here in
lome. But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick bed and
told us that hedeposited the sum of Ten Million five hundred thousand United
State Dollars (US$10.5M) in asuspense account in BTCI(BANK)one of the prime
bank here in LOME TOGO.
This money was kept for us in my name, his only son. 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$10.5M) 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)That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to togo 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.
5) You are going to receive 20% of the total sum for providing a bank
account for this transfer.
I appreciate if you consider our condition and help us,and we will be
willing to proceed with you as soon as we receive your response. this is a
house of a 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 for your immediate response.
Thanks for your understanding
Ben Sylver.
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