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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: "muyiba usman" <muyiba_usman@msn.com>
Reply-To: muyiibat_usman@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:19:52 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND...
DEAR FRIEND...
I presume this letter will come to you as a suprise,but as things unfold,we
will know each other better and how I got your contact. I am Mrs. Muyibat
Usman the wife of Alh. Umaru Usman, the Managing Director and Chief
Executive of Brownish Petroleum Company (BPC) in Nigeria. I am very sure
that you will be of a good assistance after carefully reading my letter. For
many years of marriage now between me and my husband, I have not given birth
to a male child,and this has really troubled my husband.This is as a result
of so much respect attached to local Tradition Culture and Custom in there
community. And now my husband is dead, In short to be sincere and honest
with you,with the present situation ofthingsnow, I am being treaten daily by
my husband family to get me out from the house.
I live in Nigeria with my children. My late husband was a loving, caring and
hardworking businessman who died unfortunately In a ghastly auto crash.
Before the sudden death of my beloved husband, and father of my Two
daughters,my late husband intended to establish a business in the united
states of America and London with the sum of$18.4
million united states dollars, but unfortunately he died before this
proposed venture.Following his death, his family members insisted that I am
not entitled to his property (Assets and money) since I am a woman and my
offspring's all girls as I do not have a male child for my husband. Well,
according to some barbaric traditional laws here in Nigeria (Africa) which
doesn't permit a woman to inherit a man's property, as they are expected by
tradition to take over the management of his business and other properties
including myself who automatically becomes a wife to one of his immediate
brothers.
Unfortunately to this wicked family members, the $18.4million united states
dollars which my late husband intended to use in establishing a business in
the United States or london was deposited in a bank account unknown to his
family. I and the lawyer are the only one aware of this money, so I have
discussed this matter with a staff of the bank that i want this
money personally so that I will be able to take care of my children's
educational needs since my husband's family members vehemently opposed the
furtheranceof their education.
According to the staff of the bank, the best way to secure this money is to
transfer this money to a bank account outside Nigeria, For safe-keeping,
later it will be used for business
establishment subject to the Advise of whosoever finally assists us. At this
juncture, I there fore ask for your sincere assistance in providing us with
your bank details and the
enablement to facilitate the remittance of this fund into your
nominatedaccount. As soon as I get your positive response, I shall provide
you with all the necessary detail for this
transfer. However, I have decided to give you 25% of the total money as a
reward for your sincere assistance and the 65% of the money will be for my
investment while 5% of the
money will be mapped aside for local and international expenses as I will
want to keep aglow my late husbands dream of investing in real estate or any
lucrative business that you may want us to invest the money into in your
country. Please i need your urgent assistance because my husband family are
tring to take all which i and my husbnad has labourd for and throw me out of
the house,please don't let this happen to me come and save me out of this
truouble and i will be forever be geatfull to you.
To be sincere and honest with you,this money is never connected with
drugs,money laundry,firearms and ooting,which I beleive might put fears in
you and consequently withdrawing your help for security reasons.
To be able to help me, kindly send your reply through my private email
address: muyibat_usman@yahoo.co.in), you?re personal details including your
contact information for easy communication.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Muyibat Usman
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