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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: kkhareem01@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:24:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:kkhareem11@yahoo.com.ve
TREAT AS URGENT
- Dear Friend,Good day, I thank God almighty who made it possible for me to share my problems with you. My name is Kirsty Khareem am 20 years old from Lebanon , residing in Accra Ghana as refugee. God made it possible for me to get your contact through my search for a trustful and reliable person or personalities/company in Europe or U.S.A that will assist me retrieve back the 400 kilograms of Gold deposited by my late father with a Bank here in Ghana as my family treasure during his mining contracts at obuasi Ashanti region in Ghana. And through my inquiry from the regional branch manger of the bank i was told that the Gold (400 kilograms) was placed in escrow Gold account with my name as the beneficiary so that no one can take the Gold except my family member. So my aim of contacting you is to assist me to retrieve this 400kg of gold or selling it to the bank and transfer the money to your account as my Family purchaser or my late father’s partner since am two small to handle it alone. My late parents and my younger was Killed by the Janjaweed Militias and I managed and ran way with my little sister of two year Anita to Ghana by the help of some peace keeper that came in my country but unfortunately my little sister died few weeks ago here in Ghana after her ill health as a result of lake of parental care. Please I am trusting you to help me develop my future as the only surviving Child of Late father ALHAJI ABDUL KHAREEM who was a miner and a big farmer in my country before his death on his arrival at the airport from Paris the rebels short him of which he died after 2 days in the hospital. I have the deposit Certificate regarding and covering this Gold with me which my late father gave to me before he passed on, which the bank has confirmed too. I cannot do this alone due to my present situation in Ghana as a refugee. So I want you to come down to Accra Ghana to the bank and help me, as soon as the Gold is retrieved and shipped to you in your country or the Gold sold to the Bank which the bank Manager suggested to me as an alternative and transferred the money into your account in your country, I will go with you to your country to continue my education ,as my country is still under crisis and I need to get away from here .I will give you the deposit slip so that you can apply for the claim immediately. I will send you my picture on your return mail.I wait for you very urgent please. God Bless You and Your Family. Best regards,Kirsty Khareem
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