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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: "princeyobo" <princeyobo00@handbag.com>
Reply-To: princeyobo200@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:14:00 -0700
Subject: confidential
Dear Sir/madam,
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 USD45,
000,000.00 (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, Nigeria
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 USD45, 000,000.00 (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 20% of the
total sum, while 80% will be kept for me.
I look forward to your helping me.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Yobo William
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