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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: "Mr.Ibrahim Gwarzo" <gwarzbra@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:11:59 +0000
Subject: INVITATION FOR HUMANITARIAL ASSISTANCE PLS
Dear sir,
I understand very well that this email may come to you
as a surprise but please kindly accept it as an
introduction of my self and my family and also a
request for your urgent assistance.
I am Mr.Ibrahim Ismaila Gwarzo. The son of Hon.Ismaila
Gwarzo,former national security adviser to the late
Nigerian Head of States,Late General Sani Abacha.
Although, Your contact information was made available
to me through an internet search for a reliable
foreign investor this morning.
Unfortunately, my father has been under persecution
and serious house arrest, where all his traveling
documents and other essential documents has been
seized by the present President Olusegun Obasanjo,
contrary to what they claimed he committed.
During my father's tenure as security adviser to the
late head of states, he secretly deposited a sum of
$55,800,000.00 with a private security vault in Accra
Ghana, as a gift to his foreign partner suject to
the contract agreement indication between my father
and the security company.
These funds was packed in two trunk boxes by my father
and secretly declared the contents as an unconditional
/ inrrevocable gift items to his foreign partner
abroad for. The storage company does not have any
single knowledge about the contents of the two trunk
boxes which they are holding.
Now, my family has mandated me to find a genuine
foreign investor outside africa who will be capable to
assist me in getting the funds out from the storage
and also help to place part of the total funds into
viable business investment through which the family
can start life again with this remaining recourses.
I would be grateful if you could be able to assist in
the remittance of this funds into your bank account by
swift transfer coupled with the investment project
which you which is likely to be undertaken by you for
the benefit of the entire family both( your own
family)in future.
Presently, I have taken refuge in Ghana about three
days ago only to avoid persecution there in my country
(Nigeria)because, all my family accounts both foreign
and local have been frozen and properties confiscated
by the new government of Olusegun Obasanjo. In
addition to the unlawful arrest going on in my
country, this is an SOS message as I only relied
absolutely on this money for the survival of my
family.
Please, I would like you to understand that this money
we are talking about is in cash and I am prepared to
offer you a negotiable commission for your
assistance. Although, you can name your price if you
want as i do not have any problem about that, all I
request is your trustworthiness and sincerity in our
dealing.
Be rest assured that this is 100% risk free. The
Nigerian government has no knowledge about this money,
even this country's government (Ghana) where I
have taking refuge has no idea over this matter,
including the security company itself as i have
mentioned earlier.
I look forward to receive your response as soon as
possible for urgent action.
Yours truly,
Ibrahim Gwarzo
(For the family)
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