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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: "princephilip william" <ppilipwilliam@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pphilipwilliam4real@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:08:14 +0000
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT
Good day,
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence, but I believe that it takes just one day to meet or know
someone either physically or through correspondence.
I got your contact through my personal search, you were revealed as being
quite astute in private entrepreneurship, one has no doubt in your ability
to handle a financial business transaction.
However, I am the first son of His Royal Majesty Pepple Y. William, the
traditional ruler of Bonny province in the Oil rich area of Rivers state in
Nigeria. I am making this contact to you in respect
of $45, 000,000.00 USD (Forty Five Million United States Dollars), which I
inherited from my late father. As You may be aware that my country is the
third largest oil producing country in the whole world. My father is the
ruler of the richest community in Nigeria. My community produce 5.8%
of the total annual Oil production in Nigeria and 0.5% of the Dollar value
of each barrel is paid to my father as royalty by the Federal Government to
our community. In his position as the royal head and chairman of the Bonny
Oil trust fund. Foreigners often refer to his kingdom as the Gas/Oil Land.
This is because the island floats atop one of the largest gas and oil
deposits anywhere in the world. This explains is why the island is home to
several Multinational oil companies, such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and
one of Nigeria's most expensive ventures in recent time, Nigerian liquefied
Natural Gas Company (NLNG), these companies also offers my father a lot of
gratifications as the royal father of the kingdom where they operate.Some of
this money was accumulated from royalties paid to my father as compensation
by the Oil firms located in our area, for hampering Agriculture which is our
main source of livelihood.
Unfortunately my father died from protracted diabetes.
Before his death secretely he willed the sum of $45, 000,000.00 USD (Forty
Five Million United States Dollars) and he safely deposited this money in
cash into a consignment and kept it in the custody of a security company
without the security company knowing the content. I have the certificate of
Deposit and any information you wish to have as a proof to show for it. my
problem actually started when my stepmother said that the next king must be
her son instead of me as
the heir apparent to the throne. I am the first son of my father but my
stepmother has used her position and influence to convince some members of
the council of elders that my biological mother was not properly married to
my father because my mother is not living in the palace due to some problems
within the family before the death of my father. This action by my step
mother is just a bid to deny me of my right, which I challenged. In the
process there was confusion that divided the community into two factions.
This led to a revolution by the youths and women who are solidly behind me.
Consequently, my international passport was seized just to stop me from
traveling
outside the country.
Now I need help. I need someone who will claim the fund my father deposited
with the financial security company and deposit it in his/her personal
account pending when I will be free again. Please, help me to salvage the
only hope of survival that I now have of which my step mother and the
children do not know about this money.
I am in need of help to safe guide this money so as to settle down and fight
for my rightful throne. Right now, I am in hiding and I do not want this
money to stay much more in the security company
because I don't want to incur extra cost on the deposit since I don't know
how long my problem will last.
If you can help me in this my time of need, I will give you 30% of the total
sum, 10% will be for International and local expenses while 60% will be kept
for me. I look forward to your helping me.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Philip William
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