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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: "Mr. Stan I Abonime" <stanifyobb@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stanifyob@z95mail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:24:20 +0000
Subject: (Help me in regards)
Name: Mr. Stan Ifyob Abonime.
Residential Address: Royal Palace
Avenue Ogoni Kingdom Rivers State,
Nigeria.
Hello My Dear,
I Mr. Stan Ifyob Abonime, the son of HRH King Solomon Abonime, the king
of Ogoni Kingdom. I am 34 years old the only surviving son of my mother,
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 killings and burning down of my fathers houses,
properties and hanging of the Ogoni Nine(9) including Ken Saro Wiwa by
the late dictator General Sani Abacha's government, my father suffered
stroke and died in August27th last year.
Before his death he called me and told me that he deposited the sum of
Three Million United States Dollars with a Security Finance Company for
a safe keeping. He advised me not to tell anybody except my mother who is
the last wife of the (8) eight wives that he married. I am the only son and
child of my Mother. The elder wives have taking possession of the whole
wealth of my late father with their sons and daughters just because of
African tradition. Due to the love that my father have for my mother,
he told me to relocate to a foreign country with the fund and start a new
live that
in no condition that I would decide to stay in Nigeria because they will
kill
me and my mother if they came to find out that we have such money in our
possession.
He handed over the document that backs up that fund in the Security
Finance Company, which he made with my name as the beneficiary. Now I am
soliciting for your help in receiving this Box that contain this fund
on my behalf. My mother and I would be coming to you and invest with the
money, you will help in suggesting the kind of business that will be good.
Also you will find a bungalow for us where we will reside. You are entitled
to a
reasonable part of this money based on our agreement, and God will
bless you as you help us because we have nothing left with us, the fund in
question is the only hope I have. Please reply with your (1) private
telephone Number
(2) your Home address (3) Your nationality. Tell me more about your self
and what you do for a living.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.Stan Ifyob Abonime.
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