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September 2011 Ghana Report
Audited Accounts and Directors Report for the Year ending 31/12/2010
June 2011 Nigeria Report
February 2011 Ghana Report
September 2010 Nigeria report
July 2010 Ghana report
June 2010 Nigeria report
April 2010 Ghana report
Some scams use very professional looking communications that are difficult to discern from official documents. However, in the majority of cases, scams usually have some or all of the following features;
Unsolicited: These fraudulent communications are generally unsolicited. You never played any lottery or applied for loans or money from the company or institution that offers you the money. They are sent to you by complete strangers who appear to know you. The reality is that the same solicitation was probably sent to thousands of other people.
Advanced Payment: You are expected to pay a "small" amount of money as courier fees, transfer fees, bribes, taxes, bank charges, legal fees or professional fees in order to facilitate the transfer of the huge sum of money to you. It is not always apparent at the first communication that these fees will be requested.
Embedded Links: In many spoofs, there are embedded links that look legitimate because they contain all or part of the name of a real company.
Confidentiality: The transaction presented before you often requires that you keep all your communication with these fraudsters confidential. You are asked not to discuss the transaction with anyone.
Spelling Errors: Spelling errors in fraudulent emails are usually obvious and many times, deliberate. The errors help the spoofs to avoid spam guards that ISPs use.
Use Free Internet Mail Services: Fraudsters usually use free email services like yahoo, hotmail, netscape, lycos, and others. Authentic company mails are usually sent from company websites and end with the company's website.
Vague Contact Details: Often, the addresses quoted by these fraudsters are fake, incomplete, vague or downright non-existent. Phone numbers supplied are usually mobile, personal or residential phone lines. Real companies use fixed lines and they usually have a series of numbers, not one or two. Also, company phone lines are usually linked to a switchboard and are not picked up directly by people when you call.
