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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: funke22@tsamail.co.za
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:19:11 +0200
Subject: !!!!!!!!!!! URGENT PLEASE. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ATTN: Sir/Madam,



As matters of urgency, i decided to write you this email, though I am very sorry for any language you might
find disturbing or not pleasing to you. I never wish to engage myself in this before now.

I am Alhaja Funke Balogun, the wife of the out going Inspector General of Police of Nigeria
(IG) MR.Tafa Balogun though series of grafted allegations leveled against him by the presidency because of
personal difference between him and the president.Please read this allegation news maybe it my might make
meaning of what i am trying to say.

http://odili.net/news/source/2005/jan/23/520.html

http://www.independentng.com/news/nnjan250501.htm



I sincerely beg for your pardon, haven known what this kind of mail might signify to you, as a result of
Nigeria image aboard. Even though I never would have believe i will find myself in a situation of sending

What you might regard as unsolicited mail arm at begging to assistance me in keeping some large amount of
money which is (US$21.5 MILLION (TWENTY ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in a
foreign security firm before the presidency get aware of this, Please i want you to contact our family
lawyer which in South Africa where the Security company is, he is in the position to tell you what you will
do as soon as possible for this fund in your position.

His contact is as follow:

NAME: BARRISTER:DOUGLAS SMITH

TELEPHONE: +27739629266

E-MAIL: douglassmith20@yahoo.com

hope as there is nothing I can do now because we can’t afford to loss the kind of money to the
presidency, as this will bring us more trouble. And at the end, become personal fund of the president
and few government

Individual like the fund they got from the late president accounts ranking billions.

In simple terms, I want to beg you for an assistance in helping my husband and i accommodate this money
we have withdraw from our account here in Nigeria and been deposited in one of this Africa country .
We are ready to issuer a documents for this transfer as money payable for business transaction.



Please there is no need for any fear what so ever as this fund was not directly attached to my husband
name but my first family name.Sir/Madam, if this mail makes any meaning to you and you wish to assist us,
kindly send mail to our lawyer through this email douglassmith20@yahoo.com

And also get back to me for me to know that you have contacted our family lawyer.



Finally, if you wish to know me and my husband better, our personal information or pictures can still be
sent to you.

I seek for your corporation in this arrangement.



Thanks,

Alhaja.

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