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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: "Mrs Chioma Abonime" <mrschioma@bonnykingdom.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:57:33 +0000
Subject: re urgent pls
From madam Chioma the wife of king of Ogoni Kingdom ogoni
Oil producing community River state of Nigeria
hello
i am a widow, Miss.Chioma by name wife of HRH King Solomon
Abonime.
HRH King of Ogoni Kingdom. am 42years old and a graduate of mass
communication.My husband 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 company 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
director of nigeria oil company. MY husband suffer stroke and died in August
27th last year.But before he died, he called me and told me he has
fourty-two million united state dollars ($42m) Cash
in his possession, specially deposited in a security Vault
company in Europe.
He advised me not to tell anybody except my three daughters
who was aware of this money.THAT I should use this money with my doughters
because he knows that traditionally if he dies we cannot get anything as
inheritance because i have male child according to african tradtion, further
more we are three wires .i bing the first has know male child my husband
therfore gave me oll the relevant documents of this money he inpertantlly
advsed me that i should seek for foreing assistance, and that i shoul not
invest this money here in niigera because of his other wifes male chidren.
then after my husband died the first son of the second wife have enentually
discovered the photocopies of this very document in my husbands suitcase he
is now asking that i should release the orginal copies of this document,
treting to chil me whit hirckllas, i am soliciting for your immediate
assistance to get a bungalow for us where i will live with my doughters and
advise me where and how i will invest the money. i believe that by the
special grace of god you w
ill help me move this money out of eroupe to your country where we can
finally settle down. please reply through my email looking forwary to hear
from you as soon as possibleand oiso my lawyer email address merkevis 44@
yahoo.com best regards. forst rade mrss chioma email;pls contact me with
this email addresseis as soon as you get with ths leter
thanks
mrs chioma
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