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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. WILLIAM DURU" <williamduru@netscape.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:53:15 +0100
Subject: GOD DAY MY GOOD FRIEND
CHALLENGE SECURITIES & FINANCE LTD,
4, LOBI STREET,
V/ISLAND LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
I am MR.WILLIAM DURU, the Director of Operations CHALLENGE SECURITIES LTD,LAGOS NIGERIA. Here in
NIGERIA Our firm is a security company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa.I
have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to
both of us.
I got your particulars through a consultant company base on my research for atrustworthy and established person
that understands investment ethic for entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment and also
co-operation with confidence and trust that you willkeep the contents secret and divulged to any third party.
To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 1997, a reputable client of ours deposited aconsignment in
our company\'s vault for safe keeping.And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which
has accumulated considerable amount of money in demurrage.Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to redeem
the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered that our client was the former president of the
Federal Republic of Zaire, who died of illness after he was de-throwed in the same year the consignment was entrusted
into our care.Since the death of our client President Mobutou Seseseko, none of his benefactors has come forward to
claim the consignment with us, which means that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment.
Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I
discovered that the two boxes that were registered as treasurer by our client actually contained a considerable amount of
money in United States Dollars amounting to about US$30 million Dollar. Since this development I have been nursing
plans secretly. I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of money from his
country while he was in office as head of state.It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of the money
that our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no race to this money in our care.I am now soliciting your noble
assistance to assist mein transferring this money out of nigeria to yourcountry for immediate investment with your
assistance.I have also decided that you will generously been titled to 30% of the total amount.
Upon my receiptof your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and
transfer all the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the
complete funds to your country.
you have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation. This
transaction is 100% risk free.Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter.Please reply to the above email address
with your telephone and fax so that i can call you.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully.
MR.WILLIAM DURU
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