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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: "favour needed" <favour_needed@msn.com>
Reply-To: model_justina@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:32:52 +0000
Subject: I BELIEVE YOU BE OF ASISTANTS TO US.
From :Miss justina mohammed
Kano State Nigeria
West Africa.
My Dear,
I am writing this mail in respect of your profile which was very nice and intresting to me that gives me the happiness to write this few words of my feellings to you. It is my pleasure to inform you of my desire of going into relationship with you which i believe you will be of great assistants to me that will make the beginning of never-endingfamily relationship, WITH THE INTEREST AND LOVE WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOU AS ONE FAMILY IN YOUR PLACE. MY NAME IS JUSTINA MOHAMMED,AND MY TWIN BROTHER IS DENIS MOHAMMED WE ARE 21 yrs old, We are the only hope of the family of late ALAHAJI MOHAMMED
DIKKO A TRUE MUSLEM FAMILY , i am about registering into Islamic University of A A.B.U AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA before my fathers death occure to me, My father before his death was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Kano, the economic one of the Nothern part of Nigeria,my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.
Our mother died when we were small children in a private hospital here in Kano during her pregnancy period with her baby, since then my father took us so special Before his death on 12th march 2004.
And the reason why we decided to write you this message is because the Only man of GOD Who have been GODLY And faithful by helping since the death of our father was among the Plane crash that happened in lagos on the 23rd October 2005 and since the death of the pastor we have been mourning him traditionally till date, so right now we do not have any other helper except GOD and God said he will provide a total stranger who will pronounce your name so i am praying for GOD to send such stranger now because we are in the state of sorrow at the moment and need a helper,This Pastor has been so good and caring since 2004 we lost our father,we where born and brought up in a muslim Kingdom but with the help of this Pastor we realised that Jesus exist, please and please if you are looking for Opharns to help we are one.Please you can go through this web site and see how 117 perished in plane crash including our helper
(http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/)
Before my father's death he secretly called us on his bed side and told us that he has the sum of Twenty one million, Five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($21,500,000.00)left in a safe keeping company here in Nigeria.He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business ssociates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will father us like his own children,he further stated that he deposited this money as a family valuables so the company do not know the contents of the boxes deposited in their custody because it was deposited as a family valuables, he adviced that we should use this money for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.
I am just 21 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do.Now I want you to help us retrieve this money from the company so that we will come over there and complete our study,it will be better we use this money for investment in your country because we have suffered alot.
Dearest one with this interest and love we have for you, we will like to live with you FOR THE REST OF our LIFE. If you promise us of the safety of our life in your place. we will send you a copy of the deposit certificate and our international pasport for you to prepare a document that will enable us come over to your country and secure a residence permit in your place when we hear your mind, your interest and willinness towards us.
My dear,we am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) Your private telephone number
(2) Your Assurance to welcome us in your place.
(3) To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education and to secure a resi
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