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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: "ALHAJIMOHAMMED-AMINU BUHARI" <alhajimohammedaminubuhari1@whoiswhoinliberia.net>
Reply-To: alhajimohammedaminubuhari2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:58:39 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT INQUIRY
Dear Friend,
I am writing this mail with profound interest, having considered you highly
reputable and capable of
assistance to my understated business proposal after going through a brief
profile of your company through the International Trade Affairs Commission
of my country.
I am Alhaji Mohammed-aminu Buhari, a Liberian Politician who served as a
Personal Aid to the former Liberian
President (Charles Ghankay Taylor) who is presently declared wanted by the
American Government to face charges of Loots, Human Right Abuses and War
Crimes.
“Details can be found on the internet through any of the Search Engines,
e.g; www.google.com or
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm.
On my presumed reliance, I am establishing this relationship with you in
benevolent spirit to mutually
execute a deal presently at hand. Precisely a month and eight days before
Mr. Charles Taylor parted for asylum in Nigeria, an amount of $68 million US
Dollars was earmarked and given to a six member committee which I was the
leader, to lobby few prominent Liberian Citizens and some of the COWAS
leaders to enhance Taylor’s self succession bid as a life time President of
the Republic Of Liberia.
However, negotiations were not concluded for the funds to be shared before
the pressure became un-bearable and he fled for safety. All efforts to
regain Power proved abortive, as the George Bush administration insisted on
his arrest.
The five committee members and I, has decided after a joint meeting held two
nights ago to use the $68 million as our benefit and compensation for the
risks we have taken working for Taylor, since the funds are still in our
possession. In the meeting, I was mandated (as the leader) to look for a
TRUSTWORTHY foreign partner through who the funds can be invested abroad,
since we have little or no knowledge in the areas of lucrative business and
it’s management.
Friend, are you worth the role and really capable of handling this
transaction effectively? If so, can you really be trusted?
This is to ascertain your interest and once positive response is received
from you, assuring us of your
utmost cooperation, sincerity and confidentiality, I shall arrange a meeting
with you immediately so that we can discuss and conclude modalities for the
transaction to commence without any delay.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
Alhaji Mohammed-aminu Buhari.
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