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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: "tony kwansa" <tony-kwan@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tonykwansa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:08:26 +0000
Subject: Mutual Coopreation
Mutual Coopreation
Dear sir/madam,
Request for confidential business relationship
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. I am a high
placed official working with the ministry, here in banjul,gambia, west
africa. My department (the treasury department) runs into several thousand
millions of dollars monthly.
Myself and three other colleagues in this department are currently in neeed
of a silent foreign partner whose bank account we can use to transfer the
sum of eighteen million five hundred thousand u.s.dollars
(us$18,500,000.00). This fund accrued legitimately (but discretely) to us as
commission from foreign contracts, through our private connections.
The fund is presently waiting to be remitted by our offshore funds managers
to any foreign beneficiary submitted by us to them as the receiver of the
fund. However, by virtue of our positions as civil servants in our country,
we cannot acquire this money in our names.
Because as high placed civil servants, we are not allowed by the civil
service code of conduct to own or operate bank accounts outside of our
shores. On the other hand, it is not safe for us to keep the money here due
to our unstable political environment.
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an
overseas silent partner in whose account we would transfer the
us$18,500,000.00 for mutual benefit, hence the reason for this email.
What i am requesting from you is: (1) to be our silent partner and receive
the funds in your account in trust. (2) provide a bank account under your
control to which the funds will be remitted. (3) receive the funds in your
account, take out your commission and keep the rest of the money until i
arrive there to meet you after the transfer is completed.
Our proposal is that after you receive the funds, it would be shared as
follows: (1) 20% to you as commission, while the remaining 80% belongs to
myself and the two colleagues here. You will be free to take out your
commission immediately after the funds hit your account. Since our objective
is to invest the money in a foreign country, it would be appreciated if you
can also help us to invest our own money into profitable ventures in your
country.
However, this is optional, and should it not be convenient for you to
further assist us with investing the money, we can end our cooperation after
you hand over to us our percentage of the money.
The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and the money will be
transferred to your account with all necessary back-up documents showing
legitimate source/origin of fund. The transfer will be effected to your
account within seven (7) working days as soon as we reach an agreement and
you furnish me with a suitable bank account for receiving the money.
I plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested or not, kindly do
not expose this information to any one else. I confirm that the transaction
is legitimate and without any risks either to ourselves or yourself.
Please, give me your response immediately by return mail, while keeping
everything confidential.
Yours faithfully
Mr.Tony Kwansa.
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