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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: "Tafa Bs" <tafa_bs@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:12:45 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT!!
Dear Donna,
You may be surprise to read this mail from me, l do beg you to take your
time and go through it.
My name is Kayode Balogun, son to Mr.Tafa Balogun ,former inspector general
of police in Nigeria.Until Monday,17th January 2005 he was the police boss
in Nigeria.The Government woke up and announced an untimely retirement of
his appointment without any official Statement.My Father's account in Lagos,
Nigeria which has about 25 Million USD(almost all his life's savings)has
been frozen by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission(EFCC),visit the bbc publication on this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4184257.stm
Seeing how, he is being prosecuted by the Government and knowing that, there
is $5million USD IN personal account,he asked me and my mother to
immediately go into hiding and directing us to look for a foreigner that can
assist in transfering this money out of the country.
Please,I want you to assist me to transfer this sum of money out of Nigeria
into your personal account for safe keeping if only you will agree to the
following terms ( 1 ) 20% will be yours after transaction ( 2 ) 10% will be
for any expenses incured during the processes of this transaction and the
remaining for my family, and also leaving a Bank Standing Order of Eight
Weeks [ Cash without Withdrawal ] after payment is made into your Account to
enable us arrive.
Inshort,as am writing this mail ,the information reaching me now is that my
other siblings has been arrested for questioning by the federal government
and almost all my family properties confiscated,please,you can see the
urgency and confidentiality bestowed on you to see to the immediate
transfer of this money.
All that i require is your honesty and co-operation to enable me get this
money transferred to you to avoid lossing everything we have to the Nigeria
government. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in
touch with me through my secured private E-mail Address:(kay_tba@yahoo.com)
enclosing your telephone numbers to enable us discuss further.I would have
given you my telephone number so that you can call me in order to discuss
the issue better but I'm afraid to do so because of my present situation and
also avoid the line been trace by securities agent to where we are
hiding,you will have my number when am sure of your assistance, but I have a
laptop with me all the time and I think it will be better to communicate by
Internet untill we can make proper and solid arrangements about how to move
the money.
I would be grateful if this mail will be favoured with an early reply.
Regards,
Kayode Balogun.
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