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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: edmond_obi@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:04:38 +0100
Subject: FROM EDMOND OBI
DEAR SIR/MADAM.
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR PARTICULARS THROUGH A CONSULTANT COMPANY BASE ON MY
RESEARCH FOR A TRUSTWORTHY AND ESTABLISHED PERSON THAT UNDERSTANDS INVESTMENT
ETHIC FOR ENTERING INTO A LIFE TIME PROFITABLE JOINT PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT.I
PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMOUNG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT?S ESTEEMING
NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY
PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESISTATE
TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS URGENT BUSINESS.
I AM EDMOND OBI, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS.HOFFMAN OBI, MY
FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY PETROLEUM MERCHANT BASED IN NIGERIA, THE
ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF NIGERIA BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS A BUSINESS.WHEN
MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1987, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL
BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS,BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE
2003 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN NIGERIA . HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON
HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$13.400,000 (THIRTEEN
MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) CONCEILED IN A
BOX AND DEPOSITED AS A CONSIGNMENT IN A WHITE METALIC BOX WITH THE
SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE .HE USE MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT
OF KIN IN DEPOSITING OF THE CONSIGNMENT.HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT
WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES.
THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE
I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE.SUCH AS REAL
ESTATE MANAGEMENT,HOTEL BUSINESS ETC.DEAR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR
ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
(1.TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND CLAIM THE
CONSIGNMENT AS A FOREIGN PARTNER TO MY LATE FATHER.
2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS CONSIGNMENT BECAUSE OF MY LOW
EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND IN OTHER NOT TO LOSE THIS MONEY?
COUPLED WITH MY AGE, I AM 26 YEARS OLD.
3)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE
CONSIGNMENT IS CLAIMED FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE.
4)I WILL ISSUE YOU A LETTER OF AUTHOURISATION THAT WILL CONFIRM YOU
AS THE FOREIGN PARTNER TO MY LATE FATHER AND ALSO CONFIRM THAT YOU
ARE REPRESENTING ME IN EUROPE.
FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND INPUT IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION YOUR
PERCENTAGE SHALL BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE TWO OF US BACK WITH A
COMMON AGREEMENT THAT WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE YOU WILL
TAKE FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION
TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN
FOURTEEN (14) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.
ANTICIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.
YOURS FAITHFULLY .
EDMOND OBI.
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