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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: Nii Akwate <mrniiakwate12ky@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mr.niiakwate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:52:47 +0000
Subject: Please Read And Get Back to Me, Very Urgent !!!




From: Mr.Nii Akwate.

The Manager International Commercial Bank
Ghana,
First Light Branch kumasi, Ghana.

Attn Friend,

I am
Mr.Nii Akwate, the branch manager of the International Commercial Bank, First
Light Branch Kumasi Ghana. I write to solicit your assistance in a funds
transfer deal involving US$ 10.750M.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the depositor of this said amount for us to claim this money since I will
be in position to give you every information of the fund, as it's contain in the
escrow-call account so that this fund will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials who will latter use the money to sponsor war in
Africa and kill innocent citizens in the search for political power. Please note
that there will be no problem as my bank did not know about this fund till the
day you will submit an application claim form, for the closure and transfer of
the fund into your country bank account .I want you to know that with my
position as the manager of operation in this bank guarantees the successful
execution of this transaction.

This fund has been stashed out of the
excess profit made last year by my branch office of the International Commercial
Bank of Ghana, which I am the manager. I have already submitted an approved
end-of-the-year report for the year 2008 to my head office here in Kumasi-Ghana
and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed this amount
on a Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary.

Upon your response, I
will configure your name on our database as holder of the Non-Investment
Account.I will then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account
Closure/bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank
account.
Your earliest response would be appreciated on the
regards.

Sincerely
Mr.Nii Akwate.

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