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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: amendkufour@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:54:04 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS?=



From: The Manager,
International Commercial Bank Ghana
First Light Branch
Accra, Ghana.
Attnn

I know you will be surprise to receive this mail. I got your contact through
the net when I was searching a reliable person who will assist me
Amend kufour is my name and I am the manager of the International Commercial
Bank Ghana, First Light Branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.

I write to solicit your kind assistance in a fund transfer deal of US$3,700.000.00.
This fund is the excess of the profit made by this branch during the year
2005. As the manager of the bank, I have already submitted an approved End
of the Year report for the year 2005 to my Head Office here in Accra-Ghana
and they will never know of this Excess. This amount 3,700,000.00 is presently

Held on a Sundry Account where I am have placed it without a beneficiary.


As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account. I intend to part 35% of this fund to you while 65%
shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk

involved in this. It's going to be a simple bank-to-bank transfer. All I
need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund.


If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response, as I have
meticulously planned a swift transfer of the fund to any account you will
nominate.
Your earliest response would be appreciated. Please candle reply to this
email amendkufour@emailwave.com
With regards,
Amend kufour

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