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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: "fatou bare" <mrsfatoubare129@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrsfatoubare129@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:13:07 +0000
Subject: From Mrs FATOU BARE
My Dear Good Friend,
You may be surprised to receive this strange letter from me. I am Mrs.FATOU
BARE , the wife of Mr. EZIKIEL BARE from Zimbabwe. I got your address from
an internet web site here in Nigeria. After due consideration from your
profile, I became aware and assured of your credibility to help me.
My husband was among the rich black farmers in Zimbabwe who were murdered in
cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of president Robert Mugabe
because he was against the method adopted by the government on new land
reform act that wholly affected the white farmers in Zimbabwe. Before the
Invasion, my husband took me to Nigeria as if he foresaw the looming danger
in Zimbabwe and deposited US$22,400,000.00 (twenty two million, four hundred
thousand US dollars) with a Security Finance Company(Global Security Finance
Company).This money was the payment of a contract my husband executed for
the Federal Government Of Nigeria during the military regime of Late
Gen.Sani Abacha who was his very good friend.
Heads of government from western world, especially Britain and The U.S.A,
have voiced their condemnation against Mugabe's new land reform act. It is
against this background that my family has mandated me to seek assistance to
transfer this money to a foreign account for investment purposes. Presently,
I am residing in Nigeria as an asylum seeker. However, I cannot invest this
money here in Nigeria because Zimbabwe and Nigeria are close countries and
have almost the same political history of official corruption in high
places. And with the financial laws of Nigeria, as an asylum seeker, I have
no right to own or open a bank account in my name here in Nigeria. From the
above, you can understand that my entire life and family's future depends on
this money. I shall be very grateful if you can assist me transfer this
money out of Nigeria into your company or personal account for investment
purposes as my late husband's nominated foreign business partner.
Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free, and for your effort I
am prepared to offer you 25% of the total sum. Also, I have decided to use
5% of this money to settle any expenses you may incured during the process
of this transfer. The balance I intended to invest in a profitable venture
in your country or anywhere you may advice. The major thing I expect from
you is absolute assurance that this money will be safe when transferred to
your account before I arrive for its investment.
If this proposal is accepted by you, please reply urgently and get in touch
with me so that I will then furnish you with more details.
I will appreciate if you maintain the confidentiality of this matter because
of the happenings in my country Zimbabwe.
NOTE:I Also need your information as follows.
1}YOUR NAME IN FULL.
2}YOUR HOUSE ADRRESS.
3}YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER
Yours sincerely,
Mrs FATOU BARE.
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