An
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and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as Steven Kojo <stekojof@yahoo.com>.
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beneficiary million bankcontactaccountclaimseven milliondeposittransactionescrowcommission37%urgentbusinessfund transferreportpackagemailbank bank accountbank transferdollarusd chartered bank your bank this bank designated bank stekojof@yahoo.com will yahoo.comyahoo!ach(usd$7.620.000.00)dear mr. steven kojo.thefinancial
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[from:] => Steven Kojo
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[subject:] => urgent reply needed
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From; Mr. Steven Kojo. The regional manager Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Takoradi branch
Dear Friend,
It is my wish to contact you on a good business which I want you to assist me and receive this fund into your bank account in your country from the good report received about you and believing that this will really work out between both of us.
I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Ltd in Takoradi branch, a family man, devoted Christian and a man of peace. I discovered this money seven million six hundred and twenty united state dollars (USD$7.620.000.00) On the course of the last year 2007 business financial report and i have packaged a transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Takoradi branch, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.
I have placed
this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 37% of the total funds as commission.
Please there is no risk involved, if you can work with my instructions and this business will be a bank-to-bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept to work with me on trust I will appreciate it very much. Email me with the above email address so that we can go over the details.
Thanks for your attention and I wait to hear from you so soon.
From; Mr. Steven Kojo. The regional manager Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Takoradi branch
Dear Friend,
It is my wish to contact you on a good business which I want you to assist me and receive this fund into your bank account in your country from the good report received about you and believing that this will really work out between both of us.
I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Ltd in Takoradi branch, a family man, devoted Christian and a man of peace. I discovered this money seven million six hundred and twenty united state dollars (USD$7.620.000.00) On the course of the last year 2007 business financial report and i have packaged a transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Takoradi branch, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.
I have placed
this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 37% of the total funds as commission.
Please there is no risk involved, if you can work with my instructions and this business will be a bank-to-bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept to work with me on trust I will appreciate it very much. Email me with the above email address so that we can go over the details.
Thanks for your attention and I wait to hear from you so soon.
Yours truly. Mr. Steven Kojo.
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