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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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From: "Fc Plot" <fcplot1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: princepwilliam@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:47:32 +0000
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT
Good day,
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence, but I believe that it takes just one day to meet or know
someone either physically or through correspondence.
I got your contact through my personal search, you were revealed as being
quite astute in private entrepreneurship, one has no doubt in your ability
to handle a financial business transaction.
However, I am the first son of His Royal Majesty Pepple Y. William, the
traditional ruler of Bonny province in the Oil rich area of Rivers state in
Nigeria. I am making this contact to you in respect of $7.5, 000,000.00 USD
(seven Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars), which I
inherited from my late father. As You may be aware that my country is the
third largest oil producing country in the whole world. My father is the
ruler of the richest community in Nigeria. My community produce 5.8% of the
total annual Oil production in Nigeria and 0.5% of the Dollar value of each
barrel is paid to my father as royalty by the Federal Government to our
community. In his position as the royal head and chairman of the Bonny Oil
trust fund. Foreigners often refer to his kingdom as the Gas/Oil Land. This
is because the island floats atop one of the largest gas and oil deposits
anywhere in the world. This explains is why the island is home to several
Multinational oil companies, such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and one of
Nigeria's most expensive ventures in recent time, Nigerian liquefied Natural
Gas Company (NLNG), these companies also offers my father a lot of
gratifications as the royal father of the kingdom where they operate.Some of
this money was accumulated from royalties paid to my father as compensation
by the Oil firms located in our area, for hampering Agriculture which is our
main source of livelihood.
Unfortunately my father died from protracted diabetes.
Before his death secretely he willed the sum of $7.5, 000,000.00 USD (seven
Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) and he safely deposited
this money in cash into a consignment and kept it in the custody of a
security company without the security company knowing the content. I have
the certificate of Deposit and any information you wish to have as a proof
to show for it. my problem actually started when my stepmother said that the
next king must be her son instead of me as the heir apparent to the throne.
I am the first son of my father but my stepmother has used her position and
influence to convince some members of the council of elders that my
biological mother was not properly married to my father because my mother is
not living in the palace due to some problems within the family before the
death of my father. This action by my step mother is just a bid to deny me
of my right, which I challenged. In the process there was confusion that
divided the community into two factions. This led to a revolution by the
youths and women who are solidly behind me. Consequently, my international
passport was seized just to stop me from traveling outside the country.
Now I need help. I need someone who will claim the fund my father deposited
with the financial security company and deposit it in his/her personal
account pending when I will be free again. Please, help me to salvage the
only hope of survival that I now have of which my step mother and the
children do not know about this money.
I am in need of help to safe guide this money so as to settle down and fight
for my rightful throne. Right now, I am in hiding and I do not want this
money to stay much more in the security company because I don't want to
incur extra cost on the deposit since I don't know how long my problem will
last.
If you can help me in this my time of need, I will give you 30% of the total
sum, 10% will be for International and local expenses while 60% will be kept
for me. I look forward to your helping me.
Please forward the following datas to me if you are interested in helping
me.
1: Your full name.
2: Your phone/fax number.
3: The name of your company and your position in the company.
4: Your age/sex.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Philip William.
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