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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: "Mr.Awulat Shagari" <awulatshagari@indiatimes.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:44:04 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENT
REQUEST FOR URGENT JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENT.
My Dear,
It is with trust and confidence that l make this urgent business proposal to
you.I got your contact through my former secretary that operates computer. I
am Mr .Awulat Shagari,former Director of special Task Force in charge of
sales of Petroleum product in the Federal republic of Nigeria in West
Africa. My office monitors the sales and lifting of crude oil and petroleum
product by foreign dealers.In this position for 8 years l was priviledged to
keep in my custody for the government the sum of $18.2 (Eighteen million two
hundred thousand dollars).This money was diverted from the excess allocation
of crude oil to the foreign dealers.
The present regime of President Obasanjo last year arrested and probe all
former government parastatals of the National Petroluem Cooperation,due to
loot and mis-management of Government fund by some group of former
workers.This action by Government is wildly interpreted to be selfish and
act of envy because it affected both the innocent.Regardless of my enormous
contribution for the sustenance of peace among the oil producing states that
has been on war for 15years now.What l recieved as a reward was only to
confistcate all my properties and all my account frozen.
Before this problem,l have already deposited this $18.2 million Dollars in
the custody of a finance and security company firm in outside the country
for safe keeping.l have been very careful due to the present dishonesty that
sorrounds the world today because this particular fund stands as the last
hope for me and my family and will be highly appreciated if this fund can be
well utilized and invested.
Due to restriction of movement placed on me since this problem,l cannot
operate foreign account and cannot travel out of the country for safe
keeping of the money. Based on this,l need you as a partner whom l can
entrust and channel this money to,for a proper investment and in a joint
venture platform in your country.
As soon as you contact me and we fianalize,my wife or my son will be coming
to your country to meet with you in order to have a meeting with you on the
proper investment we can go into with you, once this is done and there is
understanding,you will sign a TRUST BOND OR AGREEMENT with my family
concerning the safety of the entire transaction.l would therefore want to
have information on the areas of lucrative sector of investments in your
country you intend or you wish us to go into.I will be relaying on your
advise as regards to investment on a lucrative sector of investment in your
country for this is very important to me please.
For your assistance and advise in identifying a lucrative sector of
investment that will be of good benefit to my own family and your own family
even from generation to generation.l will be willing to offer you 15% of the
total fund,while 65% of the total fund will be used for the joint venture
investment and the remaining 20% will be kept in your account for my private
use.
Could you please contact me immediately through my email address:
awulatshagari@indiatimes.com or you can call me immediately through my
private phone number; 234-803-3738325.
Anxiously waiting to hear from you.
Best regards,
Mr.Awulat Shagari
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