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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: "Tunde Harryman" <tundeharryman@msn.com>
Reply-To: tunde_harryman2002@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:17:43 +0000
Subject: ATTN:GET IN TOUCH URGENTLY..
I am a middle aged man of 41 years of age, Civil Servant, married with three
kids from a Royal family in Warri Kingdom (an oil rich community) in the
Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Without doubt, I know this proposal will come as a surprise to you because
we have neither met physically nor through correspondence before but it is
my belief that you can be of help to my present situation.My father was the
traditional rul (Royal Head) of my community and we produces over 9 percent
of the total crude oil production in Nigeria and 0.5% of Dollar
value of each barrel of oil extracted from my community is been paid as
royalty by the federal government to my community.
Before my father’s death he was the chairman of our community’s special oil
trust funds, in his position as the royal head and chairman of oil trust
funds, he made some money which was somehow in contention then.
As a result he deposited the fund with a security finance company on Open
Beneficiary Mandate Status (OBMS), pending when he would finalize
arrangement to transfer it through a foreign investor. Because there was
strict laws to check capital flight then coupled with political upheavals
which at that time had brought about instability and uncertainty in the
country.
Before he finally gave up the ghost, he called my attention to the deposit
and charged me to look for a foreigner who could assist me in transferring /
investing these funds abroad. In his words, he said he was concerned that
the man working with him on this deposit could capitalize on his death to
claim and transfer these money because of the Open Beneficiary Mandate
Status, since I did not not even know about the money or the man working
with him on the deposit, he then handed me all the vital original documents
needed to claim the funds and assured me that no one else had this
documents.
He also warned me about some problems which on going to encounter as his
only heir, which by tradition means the heir to the throne as well. He
prepared my mind on the likely tussle and scramble for the throne by members
of our large extended family and adviced that I handed this inheritance
carefully. True to his words, I have actually had experiences that are life
threatening.
I would indeed be very grateful if you could accept to assist me achieve
this great objective, I promise to reward you with a good percentage of the
entire funds when successfully transferred into your account.
Contact me urgently for more information and the roles you will play in this
business. All the legal documents concerning this money will be sent to you
as soon as we agree to work together. Note that there is no risk involved in
this transaction.I will want you to call me on my direct number
+234-1-4362950 on the receipt of this mail for us to proceed immediately.
Hoping to hear from you.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Tunde Harryman
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