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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: "Charles Duke" <charlesduke22@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: charlesduke33@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:29:54 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FROM CHARLES DUKE
From Charles Duke
Greetings,
This letter might surprise you because we have meet neither in person nor by correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you get to know somebody either in physical or through correspondence. I got your contact through reliable source, you and your organization were revealed as being quite astute in private entrepreneurship, one has no doubt in your ability to handle a financial business transaction.
However, I am the first son of his Royal Majesty Kashali Duke, and the traditional ruler of Eleme province in the oil area of Rivers State of Nigeria. I am making this contact to you in respect of US$35,000,000.00 (Thirty five United State dollars) which I inherited from my late father, this money was accumulated from royalties paid to my father as compensation by the Oil firms located in our areas as a result of oil presence on our land which hamper agriculture, which is our major source of live hold. Unfortunately my father died from protracted diabetes. But before his death he called my attention and informed me that he lodged some funds on a two boxes with a security firm with an open beneficiary status. The lodgment security code number was also revealed to me, he then advised me to look for a reliable business partner abroad, who will assist me in investing the money in a lucrative business as a result of economic instability in Nigeria.!
So this is the main reason why I am contacting you for us to move the money from the security firm to any country of your choice for investment purpose. So I will like you to be the ultimate beneficiary, so that the fund can be moved in your name and particulars to any country of your choice where it will be claimed and invested. Hence my father have had intimated the security firm personnel that the beneficiary of the Box is his foreign partner whose particulars will be forwards to the firm when due. But I will guide you accordingly. As soon as the fund reaches, I will then come over to meet you in person so that we can discuss physically on investment potentials.Based on this assistance I and my family have unanimously decided to give you 20% of the total money 2% for charity homes and 3% for expenses, which may arise during the transaction, fax and phone bills inclusive. I hereby guarantee you that this is not government money, it is not drug money!
and it is not money from arms deal. Though you have to maintain hig
h degree of confidentiality on this matter I will give you all proof of deposit and existence of money. Once assured and fully satisfied with your capability and honesty.
If capable and interested reply to my private email address: (charlesduke11@yahoo.co.in)
Hope to hear from you soon
Best Regards,
Charles Duke
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