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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: "Barrister David Haruna Esq" <barristerdavid@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barristerdavid2005@indiatimes.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:01:28 +0000
Subject: ASSET MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT: TRANSFER OF US$20M.
AREWA CHAMBERS
Solicitor & Advocates
(Supreme Court Attached Chamber)-LAGOS, NIGERIA.
FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER DAVID HARUNA ESQ.
(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)
EMAIL: barristerdavid2005@indiatimes.com
SUBJECT: MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
My Dear,
It is with great confidence that I send this unsolicited mail to seek your
consent and partnership believing it will be of mutual benefit to both of
us.
I am Barrister David Haruna ESQ (S.A.N) philanthropist senior advocate of
Nigeria, I am 61 years old presently in Lagos on diabetes treatments in EKO
hospital Nigeria ,I need money to complete my treatments and have
decided to transfer the sum $20,000,000 million dollars that I deposited for
the
abacha family into your account immediately.
I want you to receive $20,000,000 million USD, I am the attorney
to late general SanniAdacha family, The former Nigeria Head of State who
died few years ago, before his death I was his attorney and after his death
the family mandated me to nurture all his possession.
The present Government have intensified probe
into Abacha looted funds and arrested the son ibrahim for conspiracy to
sabotage , I battle with my associates to get him out on bail, while the
case is still pending .
Alhaji Ibrahim abacha is the eldest son of Abacha,he gave me the mandate
to convert their landed properties to cash, The sale of the properties
have accrued $20,000,000 million USD , This cash is trapped here because of
our government probation ,the only way that i will move the cash out is
the reason why I am contacting you to send your information to me so that
iwill use them for the beneficiary ,I will use the information's that
you shall send to open domiciliary account and deposit the fund into
the account in your name, I will then send you the documents
through courier service to enable you re-transfer the cash to your main
account or withdraw the cash in your country, I have made all arrangements
down awaiting your response, in 5 working day from the day i receive
the informations the cash will move immediately to your country.
i will also need your small financial assistance to process and send you
the documents through courier service.
both of us will part with fifty/fifty percent of the total sum.
All I require is your honest Cooperation to enable us complete this
transaction , I have made this transaction under legitimate Arrangements
that have protect you from any breach of the law ,there is no risk involve,
uphold the confidence that I have repose in you, immediately I
receive your information's I will forward them to the bank, the bank will
contact you for account verification.
I refer u to this site below :
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/909972.s
Regards.
yours faithfully,
Barrister David Haruna ESQ.
(S.A.N)
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