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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: "charlsetaysec@yahoo.com" <charlsetaysec@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:50:49 -0400
Subject: pls attend urgently
Dear Sir /madam charlsetaysec@yahoo.com,pls attend urgently
i am EMEKA OKO, the personal assistant to Charles Taylor, theformer
President
of Liberia who recently stepped down from power andis presently in
assylum in
Nigeria.
Sir, we need your assistance as a matter of urgency to claim some
amount of
money lodged with a security company in . This money was derived from
sale of
gold as at the time my boss was still
President of Liberia. However, it was lodged by one of his aides who
later
died after the civil war in Liberia.
The documents for the lodgement such as the certificate of deposit and
lodgement receipt are in our possession and as soon as you indicate
interest
in assisting us to remove this deposit, I shall furnish you with all
the
relevant documents and a Power of Attorneywhich will empower you to
sign and remove the deposit on behalf of the depositor. The deposit was
lodged
in the name of one of his aides whom as I told you, died
after the war.
Please understand that this information should be secretly guarded
because the
present government of Liberia is making attempts to seize all the
assets of my
boss that they can find. However, they are not aware that he has such
amount
of money deposited as personal valuables with the security company .
The
amount involved is USD18.3 million (Eighteen million, three hundred
thousand
United States Dollars) only!
He has mandated me to contact and deal with someone who can be
trusted to claim the deposit and open up an account where his part of
the
money can be lodged pending furtherinstructions. For this
assistance, I have his authorization to compensate you with 20% of
the funds. Moreso, you will assist in the management and investment of
the
balance of the funds in areas and countries that Mr Taylor has business
interests. This is so because having been granted assylum in Calabar,
Nigeria, he and his aides are not allowed to leave the country for any
purpose. This is why we are seeking your
assistance to clear this deposit.
You are the only one whom I have contacted for this purpose and I
would like to hear from you within the next 72 hours to know what
your response would be and also, for me to know if there should be
need to contact some other person as this matter requires very urgent
attention.
Please, view these websites to understand what I am talking about
better:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/taylor.warcrimes/index.html;http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia.1300/index.html.
I would be very grateful if you could send me your telephone number
so that we can discuss this issue in detail. All the legal
information concerning this deposit will be made available to you as
soon as
we
have spoken and agreed on the terms for this project.
I look forward to your response at your earliest convenien
ce.
Kindest Personal Regards.
EMEKA OKO
REPLY THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE , I NEED EVERY THING URGENTLY AS INDICATING YOUR
INTEREST,
HERE AM HIGHLY PRESSURIZE TO QUIT NIGERIA, WHERE I HIDE MY SELF FOR
SECURITY
PURPOSES (ASSYLUM, EXILE)AFTER WHICH THE MONEY BEEN TRANSFER THEN I CAN
LEAVE
PLS ACT FAST,
IS FREE TRANSACTION OF WHICH THE PRESIDENT CAN BACK ME UP.
THANKS
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