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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: "DR. PAUL ACQUAH" <drapaul_bog_ghx@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dr.paul_bg@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:10:50 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
>From The Desk of: Dr. Paul AcquahExecutive GovernorBank of Ghana. Attn: Sir/Madam, IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE ON CONTRACT #: MAV/GNPC/GH/MIN/009. From the records of contractors due for payment with the Government of Ghana, you are discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who had not received their payments. I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.
Also note that from the record in my file your outstanding contract payment is US$10.7 million dollars (Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollar, Please re-confirm to me if this is in line with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings: Full Name =====================================================Office/Residential Address: ===========================================State:=========================================================Country:=========================== Occupation:===========================Telephone:========================== Fax Number:===============Working Identity Card/Int. Passport.========================== As soon as these information are received, your payment will be made to you in a wire transfer to your bank account directly from Bank of Ghana and the copy of transfer slip will be given to you for confirmation with your bank.Get back to me as soon as you receive this mail. Cordially yours, Dr. Paul AcquahGovernor (BOG)
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