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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: "SEEKING FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE:" <princess_jlt2000@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:54:11 +0700
Subject: SEEKING FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE:
AThe Palace of King Oti Etete,
Ogoni Oil producing community,
Rivers State Nigeria.
princess_jlt2000@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
I know my mail will suprise you so much because, You never know me before but please do not worry as it God that directed me to email you concerning my present situation. May God reward and bless you.
I am Princess Juliet Etete, daughter of HRH King Oti Etete, the king of Ogoni Kingdom. I am 25 years old and a graduate of Mass Communication.
My father was the king of Ogoni Kingdom the highest oil producing area in Nigeria. He was in charge of reviving royalties from the multi-national oil companies and government on behalf of the oil
producing communities in Nigeria.
After the hanging of the Ogoni Nine(9) including Ken Saro Wiwa by the late dictator General Sani Abacha, my father suffered stroke and died in August 27th last year. But before his death, he called me and told me he has Twenty Three Million Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars(USD23,560,000.00) cash in his possession, specially
deposited in a Security vault company here.
He advised me not to tell anybody except my mother who is the last wife of the (8) eight wives that he married. My mother did not bear any male child for him. Which implies that all my father’s properties,
companies e.t.c., we have no share in them because my mother has no male child according to African Tradition. My father therefore secretly gave me all the relevant documents of the said money, and told me that I should use this money with my mother and my younger sisters because he knows that tradtionally, if he dies we cannnot get anything as inheritance.
He importantly advised me that I should seek foreign assistannce and that I should not invest this money here in Nigeria because of his other wives and male children who happen to be my elders.
I am soliciting for your immediate assistance to get a Bungalow for us,where I will live with my mother and two youngersisters.Further advise me where and how I will invest the balance money overseas, possibly on products of your company and other profitable ventures.I believe that by the special grace of God, you will help us move this money out of Nigeria to any country
of your choice where we can invest this money
judiciously with you.
You are entitled to a reasonable part of this money based on our
agreement,and God will bless you as you help us. PLease reply through my email: princess_jlt2000@yahoo.com <mailto:princess_jlt2000@yahoo.com> Looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Remain blessed.
Princess Juliet Etete.
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