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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: "Joe Ibekwe" <joeibekwe@msn.com>
Reply-To: joeibekwe_39@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:47:56 +0000
Subject: HELP.
Attn:sir/madam,
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PLAN
I humbly wish to seek your assistance in a matter thatis very important and
needs utmost trust and confidence. I am Mr.Joe Ibekwe, a business consultant
and close confidant of one of Nigeria’s most powerful family. The wife of
top government official and an oil royalist who served in the past military
regime in Nigeria wishes to move out of Nigeria the sum of US$24.7 million.
She wishes to invest the aforementioned sum in viable investment oversea.
For obvious reasons, my client does not wish to place this fund with
established financial institution in the family’s name for security reason.
It is her desire that the deal is handled as quietly as possible without
possibility of any leakage to the public or Government as they have suffered
a great lost in the past. She has therefore empowered and instructed me to
look for a reliable foreigner who can arrange and receive the money in his
or her account oversea and assist to invest the fund properly for the
family.
If you agree to act as a fund manager for my client and her family, I shall
arrange to release the sum of US$24.7 Million to you if you meet my
requirement and upon a favourable response from you. I shall let you know
how you will receive it.
Your commission shall be payment of 40% of the total sum. And annual 10% of
the after tax returns on investment for the first five years. Therefore, the
terms shall be varied.
Be informed that arrangements have been made for you to receive the fund in
abroad, so you must be ready to travel to abroad where you will sign the
necessary documents for the release of the fund to your designated bank
account.
If you are capable and willing to participate in this
transaction, reach me by this e-mail joeibekwe@excite.com or as stated
above. In any case, please keep it tight secret.
Goodbye and GOD bless. As I anxiously await your
soonest positive response.
Best regards.
Mr.Joe Ibekwe.
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