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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: "WILLIAMS PRINCE" <williams_prince1@easylinks.org>
Reply-To: princeyobo2060@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:08:40 +0100
Subject: my time of need
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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