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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: "amina ismiana" <amina2003@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amina_2ismiana@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:17:20 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL REPLY NEEDED
GOOD DAY.
I AM AMINA ISMIANA, THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE LATE FIRST LADY OF NIGERIAN HEAD OF STATE ON FINANCIAL MATTERS, MRS STELLA OBASANJO. WHO DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AS A RESULT OF SURGICAL OPERATION MARBELLA,S EUROPA HOSPITAL ON SATURDAY 22TH OCTOBER 2005 IN to MARBELLA, NEAR MALAGA SPAIN, MY FIRST LADY WHO AT THAT TIME WAS ALIVE,TRUSTED ME , CALLED AND CONDUCTED ME ROUND HER APARTMENT AND SHOWED ME FOUR METAL BOXES CONTAINING MONEY ALL IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND HE EQUALLY MADE ME BELIEVE THAT THOSE BOXES ARE FOR ONWARD TRANSFER TO HER OVERSEAS COUNTERPART FOR PERSONAL INVESTMENT.
SHE LEFT US20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATESDOLLARS ONLY) WITH ME, FOR WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TRAVELL OUT WITH IT, BUT BECAUSE OF SECURITY EXTENT IN THE COUNTRY, WE DECIDED TO LEAVE IT, UNTILL WE COME BACK FROM SPAIN, WITHOUT KNOWING THAT SHE WILL DIE IN SPAIN.
NOW I AM BACK TO NIGERIA. FOR THE CONFIDENTIAL TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT WITH BANK HER IN NIGERIA.
I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CARRYING THE FOUR METAL BOXES TO THE BANK, WITH THE AID OF THE BANK AND THE LAWYER. I PRAY YOU WOULD HELP US IN GETTING THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY. EACH OF THESE METAL BOXES CONTAINS US$5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) AND TOGETHER THESE FOUR BOXES CONTAIN US20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATESDOLLARS ONLY). THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE MOVED TO THE BANK.
THEREFORE, I NEED AN URGENT HELP FROM YOU AS A MAN OF GOD TO HELP GET THIS MONEY TRANSFERED IN YOUR COUNTRY . THIS MONEY, AFTER GETTING TO YOUR COUNTRY, WOULD BE SHARED ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE AGREED BY BOTH OF US.PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MATTER IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS THE HUSBAND THE HEAD OF STATE IS NOT AWARE AND WILL NOT BE AWARE, BECAUSE I HAVE EVERY DOCUMENTS WITH ME ABOUT THIS MONEY, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TIME GOD WANTS TO BLESS ME FOR HONESTLY AND FRUITFULLY SERVING HER LONG, HENCE SHE HAS THOUSAND OF BUSSINESSES, HOUSES,REFINERIES WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ABROAD, SO THIS MONEY WORTH NOTHING COMPARED TO HER CHAINS OF BUSSINESS HOME AND ABROAD I KNOW MYSELF.
YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADRESS AS INDICATED ABOVE AND ALSO TO LIAISE WITH ME TOWARDS THE EFFECTIVE COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSACTION ON TEL/FAX N0:xxx-x-xxxxxxx
FOR MORE IMFORMATION VISIT
SEND ME THIS IMFORMATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE BANK CONTACT
NAME
COUNTRY
MARITAL STATUS
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
THANKS AND BEST REGARD
MRS.AMINA ISMIANA
SPECIAL ADVISER ON FINANCIAL MATTERS
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