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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: barris_tonywilliams@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:40:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20=20REPLY?=
FROM THE DESK OF BARR. TONY WILLIAMS
PHONE: +44-7040117333
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: legal_unit01@yahoo.com
SUB: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
IT IS WITH UTMOST SINCERITY AND GOOD FAITH THAT I WISH TO INTIMATE YOU ON
THE BENEATH BUSINESS. I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE INTERNET LINK. I WOULD
WANT TO IMMEDIATELY PUT YOUR MIND AT REST IN THAT REGARD. I THEREFORE APOLOGIZE
FOR INFRINGING YOUR PRIVACY. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER WITH DUE RESPECT AND
HONOR, BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL GIVE MY REQUEST PROPER AND URGENT ATTENTION.
THERE IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY DOUBT AND DISTRUST IN YOUR HEART IN RESPECT
OF THIS LETTER, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT, SO MANY MISCREANTS HAVE TAKEN
POSSESSION OF THE INTERNET TO FACILITATE THEIR NEFARIOUS DEEDS, THEREBY
MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR GENUINE AND LEGITIMATE BUSINESS CONTACTS
TO GET ATTENTION AND RECOGNITION.
MY NAME IS BARR. TONY WILLIAMS, I AM A PRIVATE ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A CLIENT
WHO IS INTERESTED IN INVESTING SOME GOOD FUND IN YOUR COUNTRY. MY CLIENT
IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND PROMINENT PERSON WHO HAS MANDATED ME TO RESEARCH
FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO CAN ASSIST IN VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TRANSACTION. MY CLIENT IS BY NAME MRS. MARYAM ABACHA SHE IS THE WIFE OF
A LATE MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN MY COUNTRY. HER HUSBAND LATE GENERAL SANNI
ABACHA MADE A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH NIGERIA CRUDE OIL PROCEEDS DURING HIS
TENURE IN OFFICE AS HEAD OF STATE OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. INFACT,
IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER HIS DEATH THAT HE WAS WORTH WELL OVER $4.5 BILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND SOME OF THIS MONEY WAS RETRIEVED AFTER HE DIED
WHILE SOME WAS RECOVERED FROM OFFICIALS THAT SERVED UNDER HIM DURING HIS
REIGN AS MILITARY PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. PLEASE KINDLY VISIT THESE SITES
FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF THIS MATTER.
(1)http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4079607-103676,00.html
(3)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2282366.stm
HOWEVER, THE TRUTH OF THIS CASE IS THAT MY CLIENT DESPITE THE PROBLEM SHE
IS GOING THROUGH WITH NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF MONEY IN
HER POSSESSION, WHICH SHE INTENDS TO INVEST OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY. WHAT MY
CLIENT NEEDS FROM YOU NOW IS A RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHERE SHE CAN LODGE SOME
MONEY, BUT MIND YOU, ALL THE MONEY IN HER POSSESSION CAN NOT LEAVE AT ONCE
BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN SOMEONE WHO WOULD NOT
EXPOSE HER PLAN TO AUTHORITY. SO SHE HAS AGREED THAT I SHOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENT
FOR THE MOVEMENT OF US$10.5 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS
ONLY) AND YOU ARE FREE TO NEGOTIATE YOUR MODE OF COMPENSATION (PECENTAGE)
PLEASE, DO NOT HESITATE TO INDICATE YOUR VIEW OF THIS REQUEST BY CONTACTING
ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL, SO THAT THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS
CAN BE MADE FOR THE MONEY TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY. DUE TO THE PRESENT SITUATION
OF MY CLIENT, I WOULD BE HAPPY IF THIS REQUEST CAN BE KEPT A SECRET. I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. I HOPE MY CLIENT WOULD
BE HAPPY INVESTING WITH YOU.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RESPONSE WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED
TO ENABLE ME KNOW THE WAY FORWARD.
THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING IN THIS MATTER
YOURS SINCERELY
BARRISTER. TONY WILLIAMS
FOR MRS. MARYAM ABACHA
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