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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: becky ofori <becky_time36@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:29:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I hope to hear from you soon
Dear sir,
Its a pleasure for me to send you this email, i am Becky Ofori am from the republic of Sierra Leone. Sir, my main purpose of searching for a partner abroad is that i am looking for a foreign partner who will assist me in claiming my late fathers wealth that he deposited in bank here in Ghana. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK, (I C B) My late father was a very wealthy farmer, he was assassinated during the war in my country, and before his death he has revealed to me his next of kin about this deposit in Ghana. This was my main aim of coming to Ghana.
When i went to the BANK were the fund was deposited, they showed me an agreement which my late father made with them. the agreements states that i must present a foreign partner before the fund can be released to me, they told me that my late father did that to secure the fund for me and my family so that it might not be misused or seized by any greedy leaders in Africa. My late father deposited $15 million Dollars with the bank. Sir, I am in possession of the documents covering this deposit in the BANK .sir, I am ready to offer 20% of the total money for anyone that would help me. Sir,please help me find some one that will come to my rescue, because i really want to leave Africa.
PLEASE REPLY WITH THIS NEW MAIL ADDRESSE (becky_time32@yahoo.co.uk)
I hope to hear from you soon.
My Regards,
Becky Ofori
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