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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: thomas <thomas_udoji@searchnet.com>
Reply-To: thomas_udoji@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:28:50 -0600
Subject: INVITATION TO TREAT
For your kind attention,
First I will like you to take your time to go over
this mail carefully and with patience.
Please, this is a matter of urgency, this is because I
need your help and I need it very quickly too.
At this stage I will like to introduce my self. I am
Dr Thomas Udoji I am 50 years old, a Nigerian.
Today I am formally retired as the personal accountant
to the late head of state of this country Late
General. Sani Abacha.
Since his demise things have never been the same for
us who served under his regime. I cannot leave the
country for now because the present government is
still investigating huge amounts of funds embezzled by
the Late Head of State and remains hostile to his
family and properties.
Shortly before his death the General gave me a very
huge amount of money to be transfered to an off-shore
Security company abroad and this I did with the
help of his eldest son who is presently being held in
detention for human rights violations. You can check
the internet to confirm these facts.
In any case the funds was successfully transfered and
it is currently in a safe deposit abroad. All the
papers to legally claim the funds is with my attorney
for security purposes and the amount involved in this
transfer is US$5,320,000.00 (Five Million,
Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand U.S. Dollars).
The present government of my country has so far
recovered most of the funds transfered by the Late
General but they do not and will not have access to
this one. This is because the funds is not in a bank
like the others already recovered but rather, in a
security company and all documents relating to it's
existence completely unknown except by me.
I have thought about this and I have decided to invest
this funds abroad,preferably in your beautiful country
and later settle with my family there when all this is
over. However, for now I sincerly want your help in
the area of investment opportunities in your country
in Research, Real estate and properties, computers and
other things that will bring real returns for my
investment worth.
Please, can you help me by recieving the funds as the
beneficiary?. There is no risk involved as the funds
is already out of Nigeria. All you need is just the
papers to put forward before the Security company and
the funds will be released to you promptly. These
papers I am ready to send to you as soon as I hear
from you with personal information about your self.
Please, be informed that you will be compensated with
US$1,300,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred Thousand
U.S dollars) of the funds upon collection if you agree
to help me, and the rest we can put into business.
I await your urgent response. I will furnish you with
more information when I have heard from you. Please do
furnish me with your phone and fax numbers when
responding.
Thanks and God bless as I look forward to your
favourable reply.
Yours sincerly,
Dr Thomas Udoji
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