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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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From: "Willaims Okona" <williamsokona2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: princeokonawilliams@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:11:57 +0000
Subject: Hello
PRINCE WILLIAMS OKONA
PHONE
234 8059764803
Greeting,
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you get to know Somebody
either in physical or through correspondence.
I got your contact through some discreet inquire from the chamber of
commerce and industry a my recent search in the internet.
However, I am the first son of His Royal Majesty,WIWA OKONA and the
traditionalruler of Eleme Province in the oil area of Rivers State of
Nigeria. I am making this contact to you in respect of US
25,000,000.00(twenty five million United States Dollars) which I inherited
from my late father the money was accumulated from royalties paid to my
father as compensation by the
oil firms located in our area as a result of oil presence on our land which
hamper agriculture which is our major source of livelihood.
Unfortunately my father died from protracted diabetes. But before his death
he called my attention and informed me that he lodged some funds on two
boxes with a security firm with an open beneficiary status. The lodgment
Code Number was also revealed to me, he then advised me
to look for a reliable business partner abroad, who will assist me in
investing money in a lucrative a business as a result of economic
instability in Nigeria.
So this is the main reason why I am contacting you for us to move this money
from the security firm to any country of your choice for
investmentpurposes.So I will like you to be the ultimate
beneficiary, so that the funds can be moved in your name and particulary to
any country of your choice where it will be claimed and invested. Hence my
father have had intimated the security firm personnel that the beneficiary
of the Box is his foreign partner whose particulars will be forwarded to the
firm when due. But I will guide you accordingly. As soon as the fund
reaches, I will then come over to meet you in person, so that we can discuss
physically on Investment
potentials. Based on this I and my family have unanimously decided to give
you 20%of the total money 2% for charity homes and 3% for expenses, which
may ariseduring the transaction, fax and phone bills inclusive.
The balance of75%you will invest and manage for my family.
I hereby guarantee you that this is not a government money, it is not drug
money and it is not from arms deal. Though you have to maintain high degree
of confidentiality on thismatter.I will give you all proof of deposit and
existence of money once assured and fully satisfied with
your capability and honesty. I hope this will be the beginning of a
prosperous relationship between my family .
Nevertheless if you are for any reason not interest, kindly inform me
immediately so that I will look for another .
I am waiting for your quick response.
Yours faithfully
WILLIAMS OKONA
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