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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: akeem bello <drakeem1@zwallet.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:46:20 -0500
Subject: Kind Transaction
FORM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER (DR) AKEEM BELLO WILLIMAS
102 NORTHWEST CRESENT
PORT-HARTCOURT/CALABAR
NIGERIA.
EMAIL: drakeem1@excite.com
Dear Sir/Ma,
Top of the day to you my friend. It may astonish you
to be informally contacted for a pending transaction
of this magnitude more especially since you do not
know me personally. The purpose of my introduction is
to bring to bear my present position and the very need
for true and solicited help with regards the
transaction at hand.
I am Barrister AKEEM BELLO WILLIAMS the Personal
assistant to Charles Taylor, the formal President of
Liberia. He has recently stepped down from power and
is presently in asylum in Nigeria. Well dear friend we
need your assistance in transferring some of the money
derived from gold excesses into your account, because
the government is making plans to seize all his assets
have been mandated to deal with anyone who offer
assistance to have this funds transferred to your
account oversea.
View these websites:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia.1300/index
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/liberia/taylor-bio.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/06/10/liberia.taylor/
The amount is USD$250 Million American Dollars, in a
Security firm Abroad. All that is needed is for me to
instruct the company to transfer the funds to your
account; I will remunerate you with 25% of the total
funds transferred to your vital bank account as
Compensation for your assistance, 10% percent would be
set aside to take care of all expenses we may incur
during the transaction.
To indicate your interest, kindly provide me your
direct phone and fax numbers and all relevant
information for me to be contacted you and to let you
know the roles you will play in making this
transaction successful. All the legal information
concerning this Money will be sent to you as soon as
we agree together.
We all have been confined only to Nigeria and So I
will use all available contact to get you all the
needed information. If this proposal satisfies
you, please contact me by this direct
emails:drakeem1@hotmail.com or drakeem1yahoo.com
Immediately with your full names, telephone numbers
and fax numbers to enable an immediate contact be as I
have advised above. If you are capable to assist us in
these transactions please provide me with the following
information.
1) Your full name & address with your tel/fax number
2) Your company name & address with your tel/fax number
3) The name of your bank & address
4) Bank account number
Reply me in this Direct Email Address:drakeem1@yahoo.com Or drakeem1@excite.com
Thanks for your cooperation.
Best Regards.
Barrister (Dr). AKEEM BELLO WILLIAMS
______________________________________________________
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