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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: "michael boateng" <michaelandboateng005@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:37:32 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend
Dear Friend,
I am Michael Boateng,a 34 years old Ghanian and presently a staff of the
Ghana High Commision in Nigeria.Just three(3) days ago, I have been
contacted and briefed by Mrs.Agatha.Ibru here in Nigeria whose late
husband,Mr.Peter Ibru,an Oil Investor made fixed deposit sum of
$20,000,000(Twenty Million USD) into 2(two)sealed trunk boxes with a
financial institution in Accra,Ghana in 2002.She has entrusted in me to
engage your foreign partnership's service in the transfer and management of
the deposit funds for investment purpose in any country of your choice.If
this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that we can
work out a remuneration for your participation in the transaction,and also
let you know on how we hope to acheive this objective.
Best Regards,
Michael Boateng
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