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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: "alex owusu" <owusu.alex4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alex_owusu1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:45:04 +0000
Subject: From: Mr. Alex Owusu

From: Mr. Alex Owusu
Manager International Commercial Bank
kaneshie first-light Branch Ghana.

Attn:

My name is Mr. Alex Owusu, I am the regional manager of the International
Commercial Bank kaneshie branch accra Ghana. I got your information during
my search through the Internet. I am 44years of age and married with 3
lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't
want problem, I only hope we can assist each other. If you don't want this
business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the
regional manager of the International Commercial Bank; it is my duty to send
in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end
of each year. On the course of the last year 2006 end of year report, I
discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Four million seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars [4,750.000.00] which my head office are not
aware of and will never be aware of. I have since place thisfund on what we
call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so
this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While you will
have 30% of the total fund.

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can
order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer
to work with me, I will appreciate it very much.

As soon as I receive your response I will details you on how we can achieve
it successfully.

Best Regards,
Mr. Alex Owusu

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