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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: "Thompson Oba" <thompsonoba001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: thompsonoba3@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:36:54 +0000
Subject: HELP ME DISTRIBUTE MY $15 MILLION TO CHARITY
URGENT - HELP ME DISTRIBUTE MY $15 MILLION TO CHARITY
IN SUMMARY:- I have 15,000,000.00 (fifteen million) U.S. Dollars and I want
you to assist me in distributing the money to charity organizations. I
agree to reward you with part of the money for your assistance, kindness and
participation in this Godly project.
This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as
unserious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine wish and
accept it with a deep sense of humility.
I am Thompson Oba and I am a 55 years old man. I am a South African living
in the Garden City of Port Harcourt - Nigeria. I was the President/CEO of
TOMOBA OIL LIMITED - an oil servicing comapny in Port Harcourt. I was also
married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident
six years ago. Before this happened my business and concern for making money
was all I was living for and I never really cared about other people.
But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist the
helpless. I have been helping orphans in orphanages/motherless homes.I have
donated some money to orphans in Sudan, Ethiopia,
Cameroon,Spain,Austria,Germany and some Asian countries.
Before I became ill, I kept $15 Million in a long-term deposit account in
Allied Bank PLC. Presently, I am in the hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer and my doctors have told me that
I have only a few months to live.
It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations.
Because my relatives and friends has plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility
to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to
help me collect the $15 Million and the interest accrued on the deposit from
Allied Bank and distributes it amongst charity organizations.
You are at liberty to use your discretion to distribute the money and feel
free as well to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any expenses
you incur in the course of collecting and distributing the money to charity
organizations. I am willing to reward you for your assistance and kindness.
Kindly expedite action and contact me via e-mail if this proposal is
acceptable to you.
May the good Lord bless you and your family.
Best Regards,
Thompson Oba
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