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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: Helen Kofi <helenkof230@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <helenkof@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 14:57:09 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU PLS?
Dear Sir/Madam,Good day to you. I am contacting you about a
need I have and I believe you are well able to help me either
personally or as an institution(company). It all depends on our
trusting each other and your readiness to help me. But we all stand to
be greatly rewarded in the course. One thing I know is that you are
able to help me and appeal to you to please do.I am Helen S.
Kofi,a 30yrs old woman from Ghana. I became a widow 18months ago. The
source of my husband's death was believed to be from our detractors who
are never happy he was making so much progress. The issue is that my
husband sold a piece of land he inherited from his latefather. He
made so much fortune from the sales because mineral deposit (gold) was
found to be on the land. He deposited the money(about $24.2M USD) in a
bank here in Accra Ghana as safe keep. He was later afflicted with an
unexplainable disease which kept him incapacitated for two years. Money
could not help him out as he died 18 months ago with the ailment.After
his death, his family was on me to tell them where the money was lodged
as they have taken over all of his belongings. They have also emptied
his bank accounts with other banks and discovered the money was not
lodged there. My husband warned me not to disclose the money to his
family before he died in the hospital. The family has left me and my
son with nothing. I now fend for myself and Junior my son which is
pretty hard.My plan is to relocate from Ghana, but I will need
to move out the money left by my husband. Any attempt for me to try and
move it in my name will cause me more problems than I can imagine as an
African woman. Once I move the money out, I'll come to your country
where I will invest the money under your guide.The main reason
of contacting you is to solicit your help in standing as my foreign
business partner to whom I can send the cash. I will get all necessary
documents to help us move the fund to you which will enable me to come
over and get the money shared between us 65% for me 30% for you/your
establishment(as the case may be) for helping out as well as 5% set
aside for refund of any expenses that you or your establishment as well
as anyone who assists in this can incur in the course of this money
being transfered to you.Please NOTE that the earlier you help
me the better as you will be doing God a great favor because my life is
no more save with these people here.I will need your reply
stating your readiness to help in seeing this deal through.Please give
me your phone number so that I can call you to discuss it further.I wait for your favorable reply asap.Helen Kofi
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