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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: =?utf-8?q?Kufor=20Mensah?= <kufourm3@yahoo.com.ve>
Reply-To: mensah@babbalu.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:52:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hi Please Reply To My Mail:
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:kufourm3@yahoo.com.ve
Hi Please Reply To My Mail:
- DEAR,BARCLAY'S BANK GHANA LTD, HIGH STREET BRANCH TAKORADI GHANA , MY NAME IS MR KUFOR MENSAH, I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD, OF DAKAR BRANCH IN THE WESTERN REGION OF TAKORADI. I WRITE YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH; I PACKAGED THIS FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND I, AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE BARCLAYS 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 BUSINESS YEAR. ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR BUSINESS REPORT,I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE THREE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS, ($3,000.000USD) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF. I HAVE PLACED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY. AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY, SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 30% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS COMMISSION.THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER, ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I MAY NEED THIS FOLLOW AS. DIRECT TELE/NUMBER....FAX/NUMBER.......DRIVER LICENCE.......OCCUPATION........... THANKS AND HAVE MY BEST REGARDS,MR KUFOR MENSAH.
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