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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 Richard Kofi Addo" <rkaddo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrrichard2@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:05:17 +0000
Subject: Can we work together.

Dear Friend,

I write to seek your services in a private and
confidential matter regarding some funds unaccounted
for in our bank here in Ghana during the last 2005
business year.As a Regional Manager in this Bank, I
deposited this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT at our
Headquaters pending when I shall get a reliable
person. This requires a private arrangement. Could you
perhaps be able to receive these funds under legal
claims then I will fill you in. I will appreciate for
fewer questions asked and your participation will be
30% of the total money.

I need assistance from a trustworthy and reliable
person whom I will fill in as the beneficiary who will
be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank
account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to
receive this money,even an empty account can serve to
receive this money as long as you will remain honest
to me till the end for this important business
trusting in you and believing that you will never let
me down either now or in future .I have all the
details and will fill you in if you are really
willing. Your major role would be to open a bank
account where the funds will be transferred and stand
as the original depositor of this fund in our bank.

At this juncture, I wish to tell you what prompted me
to package this deal. I have a 9-year old daughter who
has leukemia, a disease of the blood, and she needs a
bone marrow transplant or she will die. I want this
transplanting to be done in any good children's
hospital in your country, if there is one. Once this
fund is transferred into your account, I shall resign
from my job and bring my family to start a new life in
your country

All correspondences will be via email for now. The
funds in question are quite large,Seven million eight
hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars
($10,850,000.00).I will expect a straight answer from
you. If yes, please get back to me so that we can work
out the modalities without further delay.

With best regards,

Mr.Richard Kofi Addo.

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