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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: maruwa1_1@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:12:05 -0700
Subject: reach me
MARUWA@LUXMAIL.COM OR PRINCE_MARUWA@YAHOO.COM
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
PLEASE AM NOT TRYING TO BORE YOUR DAY WITH SOME FAMILY ISSUES.PLS I WANTED
TO CONTACT YOU FOR A SERIOUS TRANSACTION THAT WILL INTEREST YOU AND BENEFIT
US.PLEASE I WAS MAKING A RESEARCH THEN I CAME ACROSS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.LET
ME FORMALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.I AM PRINCE MARUWA ABUBAKAR.FROM THE
NIGER DELTA PART OF NIGERIA.THERE,MY FATHER WAS THE FORMER TRADITIONAL RULER
OF THE TOWN,LATE FATHER H.R.H,CHIEF DR,IGWE RAYMOND ABUBAKAR BEFORE HE LEFT
US TO HIS ANCESTORS,SOME YEARS AGO.BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE LEFT MANY THINGS
FOR THE FAMILY.I WAS HAVING A COMPANY OF MY OWN.LATER WE FAILED,SO THE COMPANY
WAS SHUT DOWN AND SOLD.SO EVERSINCE,THE FAMILY HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERING SOME
DIFFICULTIES.AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CARRY ON ANYMORE.BEFORE MY FATHER DIED
HE LEFT THIS SPECIAL THING FOR THE FAMILY.AND IT WAS THIS LAND,THAT WAS ENRICHED
WITH OIL FERTILITY.THE FAMILY HAS NOT BEEN HAVING IN MIND TO GET LOOSE OF
IT.TILL THIS BAD SITUATION OCCURED SO WE HAVE MADE UP OUR MIND TO GET IT
OFF,SO I CAN START A NEW BUSINESS FOR MYSELF.
I AM NOT SEEKING YOUR INTEREST OVER THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND.I WOULD LIKE
TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE MADE A CONTACT ON THE BUYER OF THE LAND.EARLIER
BEFORE NOW.MY FAMILY HAS GONE IN CONTACT WITH AN ELF COMPANY IN NIGERIA,OVER
THE LAND ISSUE.AS THE FIRST SON OF THE LATE CHIEF ABUBAKAR.SO I WAS TAKING
TO FRANCE FOR A PROPER NEGOTIATIONS.BUT THEY TURNED DOWN ON THE FAMILY REQUEST.SO
EVERSINCE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A SOLID CONTACT OURSELVES.WE LATELY
CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ARABIAN OIL DEALER WHO IS WILLING TO PURCHASE THE
LAND.MY LATE FATHER H.R.H,CHIEF DR,IGWE RAYMOND ABUBAKAR.HAS LEFT THIS BIG
TREASURE FOR THE FAMILY TO SUSTAIN FROM.SO WE ARE SELLING IT OFF TO HELP
OUR LIVES GROW UP AGAIN.BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE HAS A SPECIAL ATTORNEY,TO
WHOM HE HAS BEEN IN GOOD KEEP OF HIS SPECIAL DOCUMENT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.I
AM ONLY ASKING YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT SO THE MONEY WOULD BE TRANFERED IN
YOUR NAME IN A FOREIEGN ACCOUNT.SO THE FAMILY CAN MAKE USE OF THE MONEYIN
SHIPPING IN GOODS LIKE ELECTRONIC GARGGETS INTO MY OWN COUNTRY.THE PRICE
OF THE LAND IS $2,000,000(TWO MILLION DOLLARS).PLS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GET
30% OF THE MONEY THEN THE REMAINING GOES TO THE FAMILY. I WOULD CONTACT AN
ATTORNEY ONCE I GET YOUR REPLY OF INTEREST.PLS I WOULD SUGGEST YOU HELP,WITH
PHONE NUMBER
FAX NUMBER
AND REPLY WITH THE ABOVE ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS.THANKS FOR LISTENEING.I
WOULD WAIT FOR YOUR FAST RESPONCE.
THANKS
FROM THE FAMILY OF
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
CHIEF DR RAYMOND ABUBAKAR
FROM THE ELDEST SON MARUWA ABUBAKAR.FOR THE FAMILY.
___________________________________________________________
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