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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: "prince marwa abubakar" <maruwa1_1@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: MARUWA@LUXMAIL.COM.OR.PRINCE_MARUWA@YAHOO.COM
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:24:33 -0700
Subject: reach me
MARUWA@LUXMAIL.COM OR PRINCE_MARUWA@YAHOO.COM
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
PLEASE AM NOT TRYING TO BORE YOUR DAY WITH SOME FAMILY ISSUES.PLS I
WANTED TO CONTACT YOU FOR A SERIOUS TRANSACTION THAT WILL INTEREST YOU AND
BENEFIT US.PLEASE I WAS MAKING A RESEARCH THEN I CAME ACROSS YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS.LET ME FORMALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.I AM PRINCE MARUWA ABUBAKAR.FROM
THE NIGER DELTA PART OF NIGERIA.THERE,MY FATHER WAS THE FORMER TRADITIONAL
RULER OF THE TOWN,LATE FATHER H.R.H,CHIEF DR,IGWE RAYMOND ABUBAKAR BEFORE HE
LEFT US TO HIS ANCESTORS,SOME YEARS AGO.BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE LEFT MANY
THINGS FOR THE FAMILY.I WAS HAVING A COMPANY OF MY OWN.LATER WE FAILED,SO THE
COMPANY WAS SHUT DOWN AND SOLD.SO EVERSINCE,THE FAMILY HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERING
SOME DIFFICULTIES.AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CARRY ON ANYMORE.BEFORE MY FATHER
DIED HE LEFT THIS SPECIAL THING FOR THE FAMILY.AND IT WAS THIS LAND,THAT WAS
ENRICHED WITH OIL FERTILITY.THE FAMILY HAS NOT BEEN HAVING IN MIND TO GET LOOSE
OF IT.TILL THIS BAD SITUATION OCCURED SO WE HAVE MADE UP OUR MIND TO GET
IT OFF,SO I CAN START A NEW BUSINESS FOR MYSELF.
I AM NOT SEEKING YOUR INTEREST OVER THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND.I WOULD
LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE MADE A CONTACT ON THE BUYER OF THE
LAND.EARLIER BEFORE NOW.MY FAMILY HAS GONE IN CONTACT WITH AN ELF COMPANY IN
NIGERIA,OVER THE LAND ISSUE.AS THE FIRST SON OF THE LATE CHIEF ABUBAKAR.SO I WAS
TAKING TO FRANCE FOR A PROPER NEGOTIATIONS.BUT THEY TURNED DOWN ON THE FAMILY
REQUEST.SO EVERSINCE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A SOLID CONTACT OURSELVES.WE
LATELY CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ARABIAN OIL DEALER WHO IS WILLING TO PURCHASE
THE LAND.MY LATE FATHER H.R.H,CHIEF DR,IGWE RAYMOND ABUBAKAR.HAS LEFT THIS
BIG TREASURE FOR THE FAMILY TO SUSTAIN FROM.SO WE ARE SELLING IT OFF TO
HELP OUR LIVES GROW UP AGAIN.BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE HAS A SPECIAL
ATTORNEY,TO WHOM HE HAS BEEN IN GOOD KEEP OF HIS SPECIAL DOCUMENT FOR SECURITY
PURPOSES.I AM ONLY ASKING YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT SO THE MONEY WOULD BE TRANFERED
IN YOUR NAME IN A FOREIEGN ACCOUNT.SO THE FAMILY CAN MAKE USE OF THE
MONEY IN SHIPPING IN GOODS LIKE ELECTRONIC GARGGETS INTO MY OWN COUNTRY.THE
PRICE OF THE LAND IS $2,000,000(TWO MILLION DOLLARS).PLS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
GET 30% OF THE MONEY THEN THE REMAINING GOES TO THE FAMILY. I WOULD CONTACT
AN ATTORNEY ONCE I GET YOUR REPLY OF INTEREST.PLS I WOULD SUGGEST YOU
HELP,WITH
PHONE NUMBER
FAX NUMBER
AND REPLY WITH THE ABOVE ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS.THANKS FOR
LISTENEING.I WOULD WAIT FOR YOUR FAST RESPONCE.
THANKS
FROM THE FAMILY OF
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
CHIEF DR RAYMOND ABUBAKAR
FROM THE ELDEST SON PRINCE MARWA ABUBAKAR.FOR THE FAMILY.
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