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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: p_joy@itloox.com
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:13:20
Subject: HELLO
From princess JOY
The Palace of King of Ogoni Kingdom,
Ogoni Oil producing community,
Rivers State Nigeria.
Dear Sir/Madam.
I am Princess JOY , daughter of HRH King
Solomon Abonime, the king of Ogoni Kingdom. I am 25
years old and a graduate of Mass Communication. My
father was the king of Ogoni Kingdom the highest oil
producing area in Nigeria. He was in charge of
reviving royalties from the multi-national oil
companies and government on behalf of the oil
producing communities in Nigeria.
After the hanging of the Ogoni Nine(9)
including Ken Saro Wiwa by the late
dictator General Sani Abacha, my father suffered
stroke and died in August27th last year. But before
his death, he called me and told me he has fiftheen
Million United States Dollars
(USD,15,000,000.00) cash in his possession, specially
deposited in a Security vault company in eroupe. He
advised me not to tell anybody except my mother who is
the last wife of the (8) eight wives that he married.
My mother did not bear any male child for him.
Which
implies that all my father's properties, companies
e.t.c., we have no share in them because my mother has
no male child according to African Tradition. My
father therefore secretly gave me all the relevant
documents of the said money, and told me that I should
use this money with my mother and my younger sisters
because he knows that tradtionally, if he dies we
cannnot get anything, as inheritance. He importantly
advised me that I should seek foreign assistannce and
that I should not invest this money here in Nigeria
because of his other wives and male children who
happen to be my elders.
I am soliciting for your immediate assistance to get a
Bungalow for us, where I will live with my mother and
two younger sisters and further advise me where and
how I will invest the balance money overseas, possibly
on products of your company and other profitable
ventures.
I believe that by the special grace of God, you will
help us move this money out of eroupe to your country
where we can invest this money judiciously with you.
You are entitled to a reasonable part of this money
based on our agreement, and God will bless you as you
help us.PLease reply through my e-mail Looking forward
to hear from you as soon as possibleand also my lawyer
email address: (williams_obi@trav.se).
Regards.
Princess JOY.
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