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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: barryolowo@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 02:29:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?STRICTLY=20CONFIDENTIAL?=
FROM:BARRISTER BARRY OLOWO ESQ
OLOWO LAW FIRM
ATTORNEYS/LEGAL PRACTITIONER
NIGERIA
DEAR FRIEND,
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. GRACE AND PEACE AND LOVE FROM
THIS PART OF
AFRICA TO YOU. I HOPE MY LETTER DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH
EMBARRASSMENT AS I WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH . PLEASE
EXCUSE MY INTRUSION INTO
YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.
I AM BARRISTER BARRY OLOWO , I REPRESENT MOHAMMED ABACHA,
SON OF THE
LATE GEN. SANI ABACHA, WHO WAS THE FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF
STATE IN
NIGERIA. HE DIED IN 1998. SINCE HIS DEATH, THE FAMILY HAS
BEEN LOSING A LOT
OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE
BENT ON DEALING
WITH THE FAMILY. BASED ON THIS THEREFORE, THE FAMILY HAS
ASKED ME TO
SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS TO MOVE
OUT THE TOTAL
SUM OF US$25,000,000.00(TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ),
PRESENTLY IN THEIR POSSESSION. THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE,
ACQUIRED BY THE
LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY.THE
SWISS
GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE ACCOUNTS OF THE
FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND,
AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SOON FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME.
THIS BID BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS
FAMILY HAS MADE
IT NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING
THIS MONEY AND
IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OFTHE FAMILY.
THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST ALL
WORK TOGETHER.
SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH, EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES
HAVE BEEN TAKEN
TO PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE, PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT
IS REACHED
ON WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF YOUR NOMINATED BANK
ACCOUNTS. I
HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL
CONCLUSION
OF THIS
TRANSACTION.
MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE
OF THIS
MONEY AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTIONIS CONCLUDED. I WILL,
HOWEVER,BASED ON THE
GROUNDS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND ALSO ALL
CONTENTIOUS
ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS
TRANSACTION. YOU MAY
ALSO DISCUSS YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO WORK. AS
SOON AS I HEAR
FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO HOW
WE INTEND TO
CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION.
PLEASE, DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS,AS ALL NECESSARY
MODALITIES ARE IN
PLACE,AND I ASSURE YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS
TRANSACTION.
PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY
AND YOU
WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE
MOVED OUT OF THIS
COUNTRY.
PLEASE, YOU WILL ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT OUR
TRUST IN YOU
BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION,EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT
INTERESTED.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.THANK YOU.
TRULY YOURS,
BARRISTER BARRY OLOWO ESQ
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