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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: =?big5?q?MAGERETH=20WILLIAMS?= <magerethwilliams16905@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: magerethwilliams@sify.com
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:50:11 +0800 (CST)
Subject: MOST URGENT
§Ú¦³·sªº«H½c¤F!§A¥i¥H±H«Hµ¹§Ú¨ì: magerethwilliams16905@yahoo.com.tw
MOST URGENT
IN THE YEAR 2002, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR MAJOR ROADS TO THE TUNE OF $30,000,000.00 AND THE BANK I WORK IN WHICH IS UNION BANK OF NIGERIA WAS IN CHARGE OF PAYMENT AND I WAS THE PAYING OFFICER. AFTER PAYING FOR CONTRACTS THAT WERE COMPLETED, ALL UNFINISHED CONTRACT'S PAY WERE PUT ON HOLD. AFTER THIS, A SUM TOTAL OF $13,000,000.00 WAS LEFT IN MY CHARGE TO PAY WHEN CONTRACTS WERE COMPLETED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY COLLEAGUE NEXT IN OFFICE MR BELLO. ON MAY 29TH of 2003, A NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT WERE SWORN IN WITH MOST OFFICERS IN DIFFERENT PARASTATALS BEING RELIEVED OF THEIR DUTIES. I AND MY COLLEAGUE MR BELLO WERE RETAINED AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS THE MONEYWAS DECLARED AS VOID AND NEW CONTRACTS ARE NOW BEING AWARDED.
THE DIPLOMAT WAS CONTRACTED BY MR BELLO, AS THE JOB OF THE DIPLOMAT IS TO TRANSPORT VALUABLE ITEMS AND MONEY IN CASH OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS FOR IMPORTANT PERSONEL IN NIGERIA.
DUE TO THE OUR POSITIONS AS BEING NON DIPLOMATIC GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE DIPLOMAT WAS LET IN ON THE STORY BEING ALSO A CLOSE FRIEND OF MR BELLO AND WE PAID HIM OFF TO THE SUM OF $200,000.00
THE BOXES WERE DELIVERED ON THE 2ND OF last MONTH BY THE DIPLOMAT TO A DIPLOMATIC POSTAL SERVICE IN CHARGE OF WAREHOUSING DIPLOMATIC ITEMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE IS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER THE BOXES TO A SPECIFIED CONTACT PERSON IN THE THE UK.
AT THIS POINT WE HAD VARIOUS OPTIONS OF CONTACT PERSONS BUT WE COULD NOT TRUST THEM TO KEEP IT CONFIDENTIAL SINCE THEY WERE FROM NIGERIA ALSO.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TRIED TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS TRUSTWORTHY AND GOD FEARING TO ASSIST US AT THIS POINT.
I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY VERY GOOD FAMILY FRIEND WHO IS AN ATTORNEY HAS PROMISED TO GET ALL THE NECCESSARY PAPERS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE RECIEVER AND THE PACKAGES ITSELF. SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL PROVE THE MONEY TO BE COTRACT PAYMENTS AND CLEAR IT FROM BEING DRUG MONEY OR ANY FORM OF MONEY LAUNDERING.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU ONCE MORE IF YOU CAN BE REALLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION BY KEEPING IT REALLY CONFIDENTIAL.IF SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO SEND ME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SO WE CAN PROCEED AS TIME IS NOT REALLY OUR FRIEND HERE:
1) YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS THE BOXES WILL BE DELIVERED TO.
2) A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT INFORMATION PAGE OR DRIVERS LICENCE.
KINDLY WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE
BEST REGARDS
MAGERETH WILLIAMS
magerethwilliams@sify.com
- MAGERETH WILLIAMS
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