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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: "ADVOCATE SOLICITOR" <barr_emmanuelnnamdi@advocatesolicitor.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:12:02 +0000
Subject: your urgent assistance needed.
From; Barrister Emmanuel Nnamdi Chambers,
No 20 Awolowo way Ikoyi Lagos Nigeria.
Attention,
With due regard and respect i wish to write to you this honest mail of an
assistance to me. First and foremost i will like to introduce myself to you,
i am barrister Emmanuel Nnamdi the first son of Engineer Philip Nnmadi who
later became a politician after he resigned from one of the oil company
Chevron oil company here in Nigeria.
I know that this letter will be a surprised one to you due to we have not
met before or exchange any mail with you. I am writting to you this mail
seeking an assistance from you to assist me pull some amount of money valued
$6.5m that belong to my father before he was assassinated by his political
opposition in the year 2003.
During the life time of my father he have so many properties and money
deposited in differents banks due to he was a civil servant then he cannot
operate on foreign account, because of this he deposited some of the money
in the bank with my name as his son and the next of kin that will inherit
his access. In november 2003 my was assassinated by his political oponet due
to he wants to context for the seat of senate President under the (A.N.P.P)
party but
the (P.D.P) was the ruling party here in Nigeria because of that he was
killed.
After the death of my father the Federal Government have probe and seized
some of his properties both here and in abroad, also some of the money he
deposited in the various banks. As a lawyer i sued the Government concerning
the
seizing of my father access but the the case was stroke off and uptill now
the Government is still investigating where my father deposited money and
properties
then seize it.
At this point i needed a foreigner that can assist me so that i can transfer
out the fixed deposit my father deposited on my name for my future, i got an
information from the bank manager who is a very close family friend to us
that the Government is tracing the bank that i should look for a foreigner
and transfer the money out valued $6.5m into the persons account for the
safety of the money. I am hereby contacting you to assist me reatiain this
money into your account later i will come over with my family to settle
there
and you will direct me on what to invest this money into in your country.
For the assistance you are going to render to me to see that this money is
transfer outside my country successful, i will give to you 30% of the total
money and the rest of the money will be invested into any business that you
will advise me when i come over to your country. Please if you are
interested to offer me this assistance kindly contact me and i will direct
you on the next step to take. Be noted that all the arrangenments on how to
transfer this money out have been mapped out with the bank manager and there
is no hitches during the process of the transfer.
Thanks and will be expecting your urgent respond inrespect of this
transaction.
Regards,
Barrister Emmanuel Nnamdi.
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