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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: "Barr John Kay" <barrjohn_kay@msn.com>
Reply-To: barrjohnkay@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:29:34 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED
My Dear,
INTRODUCTION: I am Barr. John Kay, a legal practitioner in Liberia. I have
been contracted by Mr. Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (hereinafter shall be
referred to as my client), former President of Liberia and presently on
asylum in Cross River State of Nigeria since October 2003. In contacting
you, I have the endorsement and instruction of the aforementioned Charles
Taylor, and his Family to present this matter to you under caution of same
in my capacity to provide my professional services to the same.
PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU: Believing that you can be fully trusted, Mr.
Taylor has directed me to reach/contact you in his behalf, and seek your
consent and participation in the investment of part of his life savings,
having stepped down from his former position. Owing to his Asylum status, it
has become extremely impossible for my client to invest his life savings
himself, partly as not to attract attention to himself, but more importantly
because of restrictions of the United Nation, particularly, the U.S
President who has been insisting that the Nigerian government should hand
him over to the International War Crime Tribunal in Sierra Leone for war
crime prosecution. I am therefore seeking your consent and partnership in
re-profiling his funds amounting to US$9,000,000.00 (Nine Million U.S
Dollars) only. Also with the intention to hand over all his financial
concerns to his son, Mr. Taylor intends to have the money invested in his
son's interest/name, with a view to giving the rest of the family something
to hope on in future, in case the Nigerian government decides to hand him
over to the International War Crime Tribunal.
DETAILS OF THE FUND: In his instruction, my client has earmarked the sum of
US$9 Million for a preliminary investment. The fund is part of his personal
savings deposited in a finance firm outside Liberia and he intends to see
the investment begin before he can put in more funds. Contrary to
misinterpretations, the actual reason why he delayed his exit from Liberia
was to ensure that all his savings were transferred.
YOUR ROLE: In view of his present constraints as detailed above, you will be
needed to represent the family and stand as the beneficiary of the fund and
I will re-profile the funds with your name. The need to seek for a neutral
person not connected whatsoever with his family is to foreclose any
possibility of tracing or having knowledge that the fund was deposited by
him, otherwise it shall be confiscated. Please understand that the
transaction is very legitimate and shall be completed under a transparent
arrangement, requiring you to visit the firm where the fund is deposited for
on the sight certification and instant retrieval.
YOUR SETTLEMENT & COMMISSION: As it were, my client does not intend to share
this money with you. Rather, upon your acceptance and retrieval of the fund,
you will be allowed to retain 10% of the total sum to serve as your
commission/processing expenses fees. The balance shall be invested into Real
Estate and Landed property, or as may be wisely suggested by you. You will
handle the investment procedure, and engage your own staff for each of the
procedures. You will be ceded 30% stake of every profit accruing in such
investment. Details of this and every other thing including the name of the
firm, country and deposit documents of the fund (which I cannot do now for
security reasons) shall be provided upon your positive response. Please note
that this process must be completed within a short period of time. I will
like to thank you in advance of your understanding, while urging you to
respond via my most secured email address: barrjohn_kay@yahoo.com. If I do
not read from you in a short time , I will take it that you don’t have the
interest. All the same, I want to believe that we can count on you.
Yours in service,
Barr. John Kay
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