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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)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:12:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: can we help each other to enrich ourselfs


From: The Manager,=20
=A0Mr.John kwame=20
=A0International Commercial Bank (ICB).
=A0Eastern Region Branch.=20
=A0Accra-Ghana.
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0 Good day,=A0
=A0=A0=A0=A0
=A0I got your contact during my search for a
=A0reliable, trust worthy and honest person to
=A0introduce this transfer project with. My name is
=A0Mr.john kwame.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0 I am the manager of International Commercial Bank
=A0Eastern Region Branch, Ghana.I am a Ghanaian married
=A0with two kids.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0 I am writing to solicit your assistance in the
=A0noble transfer of US$9.300.000. This fund is the
=A0excess of what my branch in which I am the manager
=A0made as profit during the last two years
=A0transactions. I have already submitted an approved
=A0end of last two Years report for the year 2006 to my
=A0Head Office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never
=A0know of this Excess.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0 I have since then, placed this amount of
=A0US$9.3Million (Nine Million, three hundred thousand
=A0United States Dollars) in an=A0 ESCROW ACCOUNT without
=A0a beneficiary.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0 As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly
=A0connected to this money thus I am impelled to
=A0request for your assistance to receive this money
=A0into your bank account. I intend to part 30% of this
=A0fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to
=A0stress that there are practically no risk involved
=A0in this. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer
=A0to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel
=A0safer.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0 All I need from you is to stand as the original
=A0depositor of this fund.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0I will appreciate your timely response.=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0With regards,=20

=A0John kwame. =0A=0A=0A

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