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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: "Kojo Annan" <kojoannan1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kojoannan1@web2mail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 22:36:00 +0000
Subject: Your Attention Please
My names are Kojo Annan. I am the son of the United Nations Secretary
General, Kofi Annan.
My motive for contacting you is based on my urgent need of a partner that
can assist in securely investing $7,000,000.00. The source of these funds is
my now overtly known participation as a consultant with the Swiss firm
Cotecna Inspection S.A, in the Iraqi Oil for Food Program. Though the
program has been discontinued since 2004, the public scrutiny into how the
affairs of the program were run has refused to go away.
I was on transit in Europe when I was contacted on the phone by my lawyers
that a further revelation about two incriminating emails had broken on the
said program. I had to immediately re-organize my immediate travel plans.
Coincidentally, I had just taken delivery of the abovementioned funds.
Because I knew that the press would be looking out for me, I had to
hurriedly seek for a storage company to keep away the trunk cases containing
the said funds.
Fortunately, a 145 page report released by an independent inquiry committee
headed by U.S. Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker has exonerated me
and my dad of any wrong doing. You can get first hand new on this by
visiting http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050329-031329-6020r.htm.
Following this good news, I would have since gone back to retrieve the
suitcases but I know I am being watched because of the Oil for Food scandal.
This is why I require your assistance. You are to proceed immediately to
Europe with the relevant claim documents which I will provide you with, to
retrieve the suitcases. I have already notified the storage company in
writing, of my intention to elect someone that would be coming on my behalf
and it is ok with them. They have simply asked me to arm my elected person
with a consent letter. The cases where logged in as personal effects.
Before you proceed, ensure that you have perfected modalities to take care
of the funds once they arrive you account. Soon after, my attorney would
meet with you to sign relevant documentation to evidence our partnership in
a profitable venture we will decide on. You are to get 20% for your
troubles.
Please send me your full names, address and direct phone number, if you are
interested in my proposal.
I await your urgent response.
Kojo Annan.
kojoannan1@web2mail.com
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