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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: Stephen Owusu <stephen_linda1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:06:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANT IS NEEDED
Dear Respectful one.
My Warm greetings to you and your family. I introduce my self to you
with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist us not to
betray us at the end.
My name is Linda fosu and i was 23Years old Girl when my father died
2 years ago in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Ghana. He was into
legal gold mining; he has succeeded in saving the sum of One Million,
five hundred thousand United State Dollars. ($1.500, 000) left in Security company' reasons
because of the problem of EFCC, during his Business on
Gold, before he was involve in a plane crash on a business trip to
Canada.
Since the death of our father our step mother has been trying to count
me and my junior brother off out from the family, to kill us, she has
been given us a lot of problem and she have collected every thing both
our family inheritance from us and now she still need the Deposit
Certificate to claim this fund but I can't give this to her because is all we
have to leave with. I am 25years while my brother is 20 years old of
age we still need to go to school and have a better education and start
a new life.
Right now me and my brother are hiding in a refugee camp in Ghana our
father used my Younger Brothers name 'Stephen Fosu' as the next of
kin. And we ran away with the deposit document, so nobody has access to the money now except my younger
Brother Stephen and me.
Please Sir or Madam; We need your help to assist us transfer this money
to your custody for investment and proper care of the fund and you
will be sincere to invite us to your country without cheating us or doing
bad to us on my arrival with my Brother, we are willing to respect and
trust to the cuase of the transaction. Please mail me back urgently to
know your stands and williness to assist us before looking for help
elsewhere, you're the first person we are contacting in this issue.
Please permit me to ask, can you honestly help us as your own people
and can we completely trust you? requesting for this vital information
from you if you agreed to assist us out of our problem, please kindly
confirm to us your personal data.
1) Your full name.
2) Phone number....
3) Address.........
4) Country.....State
5) Profession, age and marital status.
6) Occupation and position.
Please i expect your interest to assist me and my Brother. Hoping to
hear from you soon, kindly send response to: May God bless you and
preserve our friendship in good faith.
Best regards
Linda Fosu and Brother,
(Stephen)
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