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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: william obika <williamobika@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:03:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENT
REQUEST FOR URGENT JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENT
Hello Dear,
It is with trust and confidence that l make this urgent business
proposal to you.I got your contact through my former secretary that operates
computer. I am Mr .William Obika, former Director of special Task Force in charge
of sales of Petroleum products in the Federal republic of Nigeria in West Africa. My office monitors the sales and lifting of crude oil and petroleum product by foreign dealers.In this position for 8 years l was priviledged to keep in my custody for the government the sum of $18.2 (Eighteen million two hundred thousand dollars).This money was diverted from the excess allocation of crude oil to the foreign dealers.
The present regime of President Obasanjo last year arrested and probe
all former government parastatals of the National Petroluem Cooperation,due
to loot and mis-management of Government fund by some group of former
workers.This action by Government is wildly interpreted to be selfish
and act of envy because it affected both the innocent.Regardless of my
enormous contribution for the sustenance of peace among the oil producing states
that has been on war for 15years now.What l recieved as a reward was only to
confistcate all my properties and all my account frozen.
Before this problem,l have already deposited this $18.2 million Dollars
in the custody of a finance and security company firm outside the country
for safe keeping.l have been very careful due to the present dishonesty
that sorrounds the world today because this particular fund stands as the
last hope for me and my family and will be highly appreciated if this fund
can be well utilized and invested.
Due to restriction of movement placed on me since this problem,l cannot
operate foreign account and cannot travel out of the country for safe
keeping of the money. Based on this,l need you as a partner whom l can
entrust and channel this money to,for a proper investment and in a
joint venture platform in your country.
There are three basic things i would want you to assist me in;
(1) Helping me as a front in order to recieve these funds from the
security company. This is because of my inability to travel out of the
country at the moment.And due to our present problem here, it is very risk
to recieve this fund here, as it will be sized by the government. As
soon as you contact me and we fianalize,we will aggree with you on the
sum of the fund we would like the security company to release to you
first,and once this is done, you will be ready to send part of this fund to
my wife here to enable her proceed to your country for the desired
investment.
2 you must assure me and my family that as you recieve the fund from
the security company that it will be kept intact in your account pending
the arrival of my wife to your country.That you will never let us down
by betraying us.
(3)Helping me to carry out feasibility study on areas/choice of lucrative investment you deem best for us in a joint venture platform
.
For your assistance and advise in identifying a lucrative sector of investment that will be of good benefit to my own family l will be willing to offer you 15% of the total fund,while 65% of the total fund will be used for the joint venture investment and the remaining 20% will be kept in your account for my private use.
Could you please contact me immediately through my email address:
Anxiously waiting to hear from you.
Best regards,
Mr.William Obika
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