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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: freduseni@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:59:38 +0100
Subject: Greetings
Greetings
I Mr. Fred Useni am the former managing director of Nigeria
Port Authority [NPA] Calabar Branch, I am from Liverpool UK and I have
being working here in Nigeria with [NPA] for about 26 years, so I have
been in the country all my life.
My purpose of contacting you is that
I need your urgent assistance. I have be resign in my company [NPA] and
I have paid my retirement benefit which is about N968, 000,000 Nine
hundred and sixty eight million naira of which I have converted to
Dollars $5.7 million Dollars. After I converted the money, I went
straight to the Western Union Money Transfer [WUMT] to pay the money,
but to my surprise they told me that I can’t pay such money
through [WUMT] so I have to look for other means of which I can send the
money out of the country and also travel out to meet the person that
will help me.
Now I have found a way of sending the money out of the
country Nigeria through a courier Diplomat service which I have met with
one of the official that promise to help me out if only I will give him
some money of with I have agree to give him $5,000 out of the money and
I have made necessary arrangement concerning the money and I have
package the remaining of the money in a box which is $5.2 million and I
have arrange for my flight ticket back to my country to invest in a
lucrative business.
More so, I have concluded with all arrangement so
what I need now is a trust worthy person that I can trust to help me out
so the money will be delivered to the person, at is door step, then I
will travel to meet with the person, if you are God fearing and willing
to help, then all I need from you is just the following information
about you:
#Your Full Name which is the receiver name.
#Contact
Address where the consignment will be delivered.
#Nationality.
#
OCCUPATION.
# Sex.
#Age
#Marital Status.
#Phone Number for easy
communication,
Furthermore, you are going to have 20% of the total
money and 80% will be for me also you have to note that this transaction
is between both of us and there will be no third party. These
transaction will take only five [5] working days as the consignment will
get to you in four [4] days.
Please if you are willing to help, please
send the above information to my private email box:
freduseni_5555@live.com
counting on your co-operation
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr. Fred Useni.
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