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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: "collins taylor" <taylorcol@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: taylorcol@sify.com
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:56:09 +0000
Subject: REGARDS
Dear Friend,
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates
or landed properties in your country.Considering your
very strategic and influential position I know you
will be in a better position to help us, We would
want the transaction to be strictly confidential as
possible,hence our desire to have an oversea agent. I
have therefore been directed to inquire if you would
agree to act as our overseas agent in order to
actualize this transaction.The deal,in brief,is that
the funds with which we intend to carry out our
proposed investments in your country is presently
lodged with a security company in Holland.Please accept
my apology for using this medium to reach you for a
business of this magnitude,but this is due to the
confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this
medium.Be informed that a member of the liberian
Export promotion Council(LEPC) who was the Government
delegation to your country during a trade exhibition
gave your enviable credentials to me.I have decided to
seek your co-operation in the execution of the deal
described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and
hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the
nature of this business.
But briefly, I am MR.COLLINS TAYLOR., the first son of
Mr Charles Taylor the former president of liberia who
was sent on exile by the rebel leader in Liberia due
to his misrule and misappropriation of Public funds by
his Government.My Father was offered a political
asylum by the Kind nature of Nigerian
President(PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO)to stay in
Nigeria for the rest of our life in line with the
final agreement reached by the United Nation(UN) and
the Africa Union Concress(AUC).My father was forced to
resign on Monday (11/8/2003)as a sacrificial lamb so
that liberians should live.We arrived Nigeria on 12th
August 2003 and we were moved to the family reserved
abode in Calabar.
It is my pleasure communicating with you for the first
time and believing that it will lead to a better
relationship between us. I also hope you will not
impede this trust and confidence I repose in you. I am
sending this letter from Calabar,Nigeria, where my
family have an official home after leaving our country
due to the face off with Rebel Leaders in liberia and
my father's government was desolved on allegation of
subversive activities and treasonable offences which
was nothing but a mere political persecution.Though I
do not know to what extent you are familiar with the
event and crisis that has been facing Liberia for the
past few years now,however during the disturbance and
prior to my father's fear of losing his life to the
rebel, he disclosed to me all the documents for the
secret deposit of USD$40 Million he made with a
security company in Holland.He made the deposit in two
trunk boxes(cash), but the real content of the boxes
was not disclosed to the officials of security company
as the fund was defaced and deposited as personal
effect(for security reasons) while still in the
office as the liberian President.
However I have made contacts with the security company
in Holland to confirm the deposit and establish
ownership,we were informed to come and claim the
consignment as it is incuring much demourage on
us,please I need your assistance urgently in moving
these funds abroad for investment,when the funds are
properly secured by you we will jointly invest in any
business you consider profitable.I can not do the
claiming without your sincere help as an international
personality,our movement in Nigeria is high
restricted.
I will be very glad for your resolved assistance, I
will kindly appreciate if we can talk and emerge words
with action. With all honesty to the stated data in my
message,I assure you of the genuity of this proposal.I
will particularly be happy if you can handle this
transaction in the most confidential manner since the
rest of my Family life solely depends on these funds.
It is the fear of betrayal from anyone around us here
that confirms my decision to contact a neutral individual or an
international personality like you to fit in for the claim,
and I want you to educate me on investment potential in your
country since I would not like to invest in any of the African country.
I will not hesitate to give you 20% or negotiable of
the total sum for your assistance. So if you will be
able to assist me in visiting the security company in
Holland for the signing and claming of the consignment
as a representative of Taylor's family on exile in
Nigeria,I will forward all the related legal documents
to you as soon as I hear from you.please do urgently
reply me for further clarification and confirmation
and in order to stop much demourage incured on the
consignment.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Please reply to my private mail box:taylorcol@sify.com
Your Sincerely,
MR.COLLINS TAYLOR.
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