An
Email with the Subject "With Regards," was
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and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
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From: Mr. John Kofi. The Manager International Commercial Bank Ghana First Light Branch Accra, Ghana.
Attn: Sir,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly Confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this is real and genuine.
My name is Mr. John kofi. I am the manager of the international commercial bank Ghana, first light branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.
I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of us$7,500.000.00. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2004
to my head office here in Accra and they will never know of this excess.
I have since then, placed this amount of us$7,500.000.00 on a suspense account without a beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account.
I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. Please respond to this e-mail address: (kofi_j1@hotmail.com)
With Regards, Mr. John Kofi
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From: Mr. John Kofi. The Manager International Commercial Bank Ghana First Light Branch Accra, Ghana. Attn: Sir, First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly Confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this is real and genuine. My name is Mr. John kofi. I am the manager of the international commercial bank Ghana, first light branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of us$7,500.000.00. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2004
to my head office here in Accra and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed this amount of us$7,500.000.00 on a suspense account without a beneficiary. As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. Please respond to this e-mail address: (kofi_j1@hotmail.com)
With Regards, Mr. John Kofi
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