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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: "BALOGUN" <walejohnbalogun@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:48:03 +0100
Subject: pls read it .......and reply me back
DEAR SIR
How are you today ?
Please don’t be surprise to received this letter being the fact that we have not met before . First of all let me introduce my self toyou ,my name is ,MR wale john BALOGUN ,I am the eldest son of MR TAFA BALAOGUN the former inspector general of police ,who was forced to retire in January 2005 over corruption allegations .
As you have heard the news, my father was arrested and detained In another anti-corruption case, my father the former chief of police Tafa Balogun appeared in the High Court in the capital, Abuja to face 70 charges of fraud, money laundering and stealing $98m.handcuffs Mr Balogun - who had been police inspector-general for nearly three years and in
the police force for more than 28 years - was taken in for questioning by Nigeria's anti-graft watchdog, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), last week.
He stepped down after the EFCC revealed it was investigating large sums of money held in Lagos bank accounts linked to him. You can get more detail information concerning this issue on REFERNCE BBC NEWS href="http://www.bbcnews.com"www.bbcnews.com Last
Updated: Monday, 4 April, 2005, 21:53 GMT 22:53 UK.Headline Second Nigerian minister sacked href="http://www.nigeriannews.com">http://www.nigeriannews.com
As it is now, the problem with me is that my father deposited( $10,500 000 00) Ten million five hundred thousand us dollars in a security company in Ghana in the year 2003,and it was deposited in my name because of security reasons.
I hereby solicit your kind and honornest assistance in evacuating this fund from the security company to your country or any country of your choice that is political and economical stable for investment and for our mutual benefits .
The security company did not know the contents of the trunk box it was deposited in their company as, personal effects and belongings, only I and my father knew the content of the trunk box. Why I seek your urgent attention in this regard is that I don’t want my family to be a victim of what happened to late former president of Nigeria GEN SANNI ABACHA whom his asset was confiscated .Please keep this transaction secret for our own benefit .
Your percentage share will be discussed as soon as you indicate your interest to work with me and i will also detail you more about the issue .It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, I only hope we can assist each other If you don't want
this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.
SINCERELY
wale john BALOGUN
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