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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: Keneba Owen <keneba2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <keneba@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:48:23 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT INQUIRY
From: Mr. Keneba Owen
To: keneba@myway.com
Subject: INVESTMENT INQUIRY
Dear Sir,
This letter is informed by my intention to settle and invest in a profitable business venture abroad. I am compelled to contact you after searching the internet for an honest and trust worthy foreigner.
I believe you will assist me invest the understated sum in a good business line.
You will as well get a house to purchase where I will leave with my family.
I am a Sierra Leonean (in Africa) and currently living in GHANA, West Africa as a result of the war currently ravaging my country. I was a personal assistant to a top government official who was killed by the rebel forces in my country.
Before my boss was killed, he had in his possession, the sum of US$4,500,000.00 in cash meant for the purchase of ammunitions for the war.
Fortunately, the rebels did not see this money. However, the general impression was that they took the money away. I was the only one who knew where the money was. Fearing that I might be killed as well, I decided to run away with my family carrying with me the money. I took the money away because I did not want the money used to acquire more arms rather it is better used in an investment that will be beneficial mankind.
The box containing the money is currently secured with a security firm here in Ghana. This is my reason for contacting you so that you can work this out with me, receiving, securing and invest the money. There is no risk involved because no one else knows that the money is with me. Even the security firm where I deposited the box does not know the actual content as I declared it as a family treasure and photographic materials.
I am willing to compensate you adequately as may be agreed by both of us when the money is moved, and invested. If you are genuinely willing to assist me in this, kindly respond urgently so that I can give you more details.
Best regards
MR. KENEBA OWEN
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