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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: peter_edward1@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:40:17 +0100
Subject: Awailting your urgent respond
From: Barrister Peter Edward & C0.
Attorneys/Legal Practitioner
Nigeria.
Dear Beloved,Compliments of the season.Grace and peace and love from this
part of the Atlantic to you. I hope my letter does not cause you too much
embarrassment as I write to you in good faith based on the contact address
given to me by a friend who works at the Nigerian embassy in your country.
please excuse my intrusion into your private life.
I am Barrister Christopher uzor I represent Mohammed Abacha,son of the late
Gen. Sani Abacha, who was the former military head of state in Nigeria,he
died in 1998. Since his death, the family has been losing a lot of money
due to indictive government officials who are bent on dealing with the family.Based
on this therefore, the family has asked me to seek for a foreign partner
who can work with us as to move out the total sum of $75,000,000.00 (Seventy
Five Million United States Dollars), presently in their possession.
This money was of course, acquired by the late president and is now kept
secretly by the family. the Swiss government has already frozen all the
accounts of the Abacha family in switzerland, and some other countries would
soon follow to do
the same.
This bid by some government officials to deal with this family has made
it necessary that we seek your assistance in receiving this money and ininvesting
it on behalf of the family. This must be a joint venture transaction and
we must all work together. since this money is still cash, extra security
measures have been taken to protect it from theft or seizure, pending when
agreement is reached on when and how to move it into any of your nominated
bank accounts. I have personally worked out all modalities for the peaceful
conclusion of this transaction.
The transaction definitely would be handled in phases and the first phase
will involve the moving of US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million United
States Dollars).My clients are willing to give you a reasonable percentage
of this money as soon as the
transaction is concluded. I will, however, based on the grounds that you
are willing to work with us and also all contentious issues discussed before
the commencement of this transaction. you may also discuss your percentage
before we start to work. as soon as I hear from you, i will give you all
necessary details as to how we intend to carry out the whole transaction.Please,
do not entertain any fears, as all necessary modalities are in place,and
I assure you of all success and safety in this transaction.
Please, this transaction requires absolute confidentiality and you would
be expected to treat it as such until the funds are moved out of this country,and
if you are intrested in working with us please reply to my mail so that
we can commence the transaction.
Please, you will also ignore this letter and respect our trust in you by
not exposing this transaction, even if you are not interested.
look forward to working with you,
Regard.
Barrister Peter Edward Esq
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