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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: "Annabel George" <magleed1@msn.com>
Reply-To: annageo58@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:54:41 +0000
Subject: Attention: Your Concern
My Dear Friend,
This communication to you is strictly confidential, with due respect. Sorry
at this perceived confusion or stress you may have receiving this letter
from me, since we have not known ourselves or met previously. Despite that,
I am constrained to write you this letter because of the urgency of it. By
way of self introduction
I am Mrs. Annabel George, wife to the late Nigerian former Minister of
Agriculture, Dr. Felix George who was killed during the Ogoni Crisis some
years back. I am contacting you with the hope that you will be of great
assistance to me, I currently have within my reach the sum of $9 million U.S
dollars cash which I intend to use for investment purposes outside Nigeria.
This money came as a result of a payback contract deal between my husband
and a Russian firm in our country's multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta steel
plant. The Russian partners returned my husbands share being the above sum
after his death. Presently, the new civilian Government has intensified
their probe into my husband’s financial resources which has led to the
freezing of all our accounts, local and foreign, the revoking of all our
business licences. In view of this I acted very fast to withdraw this money
from one of our finance houses before it was closed down. I have deposited
the money in a security company with the help of very loyal officials of my
late husband. No record is known about this fund by the government because
there is no documentation showing that we received such funds. The
consignment containing this fund was kept on an "OPEN BENEFICIARY MANDATE"
with the Security Company to avoid detection, seizure or diversion.
Due to the current situation in the country and government attitude to my
family, I cannot make use of this money within, thus I seek your help in
transferring this funds out of the sub-African region. Bearing in mind that
you may assist me, l have decided to part with 20% of the total sum.
Please kindly reply through this email address: annageorge@mixmail.com with
your letter of acceptance and your willingness in assisting me to receive
the fund, also include your Physical Address, personal telephone and fax
numbers.
Your URGENT response is needed.
Regards,
Mrs. Annabel George.
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