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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: "PRINCE WILLI" <princewillismith@msn.com>
Reply-To: smithbruce@sify.com
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:56:20 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP.
Good day,
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person
nor by correspondence, but I believe that it takes just one day to meet or
know someone either physically or through correspondence.
I got your contact through my personal search, you were revealed as
being quite astute in private entrepreneurship, one has no doubt in your
ability to handle a financial business transaction.
However, I am the first son of His Royal Majesty Pepple Y. William, the
traditional ruler of Bonny province in the Oil rich area of Rivers
state in Nigeria. I am making this contact to you in respect of $45,
000,000.00 USD (Forty Five Million United States Dollars), which I
inherited from my late father. As You may be aware that my country is the
third largest oil producing country in the whole world. My father is the
ruler of the richest community in Nigeria. My community produce 5.8% of the
total annual Oil production in Nigeria and 0.5% of the Dollar value of each
barrel is paid to my father as royalty by the Federal Government to our
community. In his position as the royal head and chairman of the Bonny Oil
trust fund. Foreigners often refer to his kingdom as the Gas/Oil Land.
This is because the island floats atop one of the largest gas and oil
deposits anywhere in the world. This explains is why the island is home to
several Multinational oil companies, such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and
one of Nigeria's most expensive ventures in recent time, Nigerian liquefied
Natural Gas Company (NLNG), these companies also offers my father a lot of
gratifications as the royal father of the kingdom where they operate.Some
of this money was accumulated from royalties paid to my father as
compensation by the Oil firms located in our area, for hampering Agriculture
which is our main source of livelihood.
Unfortunately my father died from protracted diabetes. Before his death
secretely he willed the sum of $45, 000,000.00 USD (Forty Five Million
United States Dollars) and he safely deposited this money in cash into a
consignment and kept it in the custody of a security company without the
security company knowing the content. I have the certificate of Deposit and
any information you wish to have as a proof to show for it. my problem
actually started when my stepmother said that the next king must be her son
instead of me as the heir apparent to the throne.
I am the first son of my father but my stepmother has used her position and
influence to convince some members of the council of elders that my
biological mother was not properly married to my father because my mother is
not living in the palace due to some problems within the family before the
death of my father. This action by my step mother is just a bid to deny me
of my right, which I challenged. In the process there was confusion that
divided the community into two factions. This led to a revolution by the
youths and women who are solidly behind me. Consequently, my international
passport was seized just to stop me from traveling outside the country.
Now I need help. I need someone who will claim the fund my father
deposited with the financial security company and deposit it in his/her
personal account pending when I will be free again.
Please, help me to salvage the only hope of survival that I now have of
which my step mother and the children do not know about this money.
I am in need of help to safe guide this money so as to settle down and
fight for my rightful throne. Right now, I am in hiding and I do not want
this money to stay much more in the security company because I don't want
to incur extra cost on the deposit since I don't know how long my problem
will last.
If you can help me in this my time of need, I will give you 30% of the
total sum, 10% will be for International and local expenses while 60% will
be kept for me.
I look forward to your helping me.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Smith.B. William
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