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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Prince Kofi <prince.kofi2@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 21:15:01 +0000
Subject: GET IN TOUCH
My Dear,
Greetings to you, I want you to read this mail with a
compassionate heart and understand that any action you
are taking is towards rendering assistance to a boy
who is in distress.
My name is Prince Kofi Asare,i am 22yrs and am from
ivory coast, my parents are late, my father is an
international business man and before his death,
he left a huge amount of money in a security company
in Ghana, thats why am in Ghana for 6 month now
looking for a patina to assist me
Furthermore, I have decided to set apart 10% for the
expenses you may inure during this project.
Please if it toughies you to assist me, am looking for
a foreign partner that will help me clam this money
and it will be transferred to his or her country for
an investment, why I continue my schooling over their
in your country, please if you will assist me, am
offering you 25% of the total amount of the money,
please i you are touched get back to me on mail
Regards
Prince Kofi Asare
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