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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: "DURU WILLIAMS" <duruwilliams1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: response3333@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:27:13 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY
CHALLENGE SECURITIES & FINANCE LTD,
4, LOBI STREET,
V/ISLAND LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
I am MR.WILLIAM DURU, the Director of Operations CHALLENGE SECURITIES
LTD,LAGOS NIGERIA. Here in NIGERIA Our firm is a security company of high
repute with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa.I have
resolved to contact you through this
medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of
us.
I got your particulars through a consultant company base on my research for
atrustworthy and established person that understands investment ethic for
entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment and also
co-operation with confidence and
trust that you willkeep the contents secret and divulged to any third party.
To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 1997, a reputable
client of ours deposited aconsignment in our company\'s vault for safe
keeping.And since then our client has failed to come
forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated considerable amount
of money in demurrage.Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to
redeem the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered
that our client was the former president of the Federal Republic of Zaire,
who died of illness after he was de-throwed in the same year the consignment
was entrusted into our care.Since the death of our client President Mobutou
Seseseko,
none of his benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us,
which means that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this
consignment.
Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our
client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the two
boxes that were registered as treasurer by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United
States Dollars amounting to about US$30 million Dollar. Since this
development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out from
enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of money
from his country while he was in office as head of state.It is my conviction
that the consignment in our vault was part of the money that our client
siphoned and now that he is dead there is no race to this money in our
care.I am now soliciting your noble
assistance to assist mein transferring this money out of nigeria to
yourcountry for immediate investment with your assistance.I have also
decided that you will generously been titled to 30% of the total amount.
Upon my receiptof your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of
this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of
ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance
and transfer of the complete funds to your country.
you have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway
necessary with all proper documentation. This transaction is 100% risk
free.Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter.Please reply to
the above email address with your telephone and fax so that i can call you.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully.
MR.WILLIAM DURU
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