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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: "Mr. Andrew Jones" <info@guardianinvestment.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: andrew_jones@guardianinvestment.org
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:12:58 +0100
Subject: UK profitable Investments
Mr. Andrew Jones
Guardian Investment UK Ltd
15 Hillcrest Park; Alnwick
Northumb, England NE66 2NW
Tel: +44-774-9601507
Fax: +44- 870-8317297
E-Mail: andrew_jones@guardianinvestment.org
Compliments of the Season,
I want you to make out time to go through this message as it might interest you. I am Mr. Andrew Jones of Guardian Investment UK Ltd. I am an agent and London representatives to late Chief (Mrs.) Stella Obasanjo, the wife of President Olusegun Obasanjo and the first lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. My company- Guardian Investment UK Ltd has assisted her purchased and acquired properties in major cities of Europe and America. More importantly, I assisted her lodged/deposited the sum of £9,760,000.00 on the 11th October 2005 with one of the branches of Barclays Bank Plc in United Kingdom; before her death on the 23rd October 2005 at a hospital in Marbella- Spain, following complications from a surgery operation.
The first lady would have used these funds to acquire a computer soft ware manufacturing company at Twickenham, Middlesex- England after her 60th Birthday which she supposed to be celebrated on the 14th November 2005 but the ugly death did not permit her. In-view of this forgoing, I have documented the purchase details and I would like you to act as the selling company/agent. There is no big deal, I will present your name/company as the seller of the property/company and the funds £9,760 will be approved and payment transferred to your account.
You have nothing to loose as I have taken good care of every body likely to be part of this transaction. The lodgment/deposit is only known to me and the first lady's Attorney/adviser- Dr. Tunji Abayomi and you are the third person to know of it. If you think you are interested and can keep the transaction secret, you are therefore required to respond and forward your bank account particulars, including your telephone and fax numbers. As soon as I receive the required information, I will apply for the approvals and transfer to your account. It is a risk-free transaction only if you can keep it secret.
If you need more information, you should feel free to contact me, using my above telephone, fax and email address stated above; or you can still confirm from Dr. Tunji Abayomi on telephone: 234-802-3519393 or email: tunj_abayomi@yahoo.com
I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Jones
Guardian Investment UK Ltd
Check the following websites for confirmations of my information.
<http://www.odili.net/news/source/2005/oct/24/205.html>
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200510240984.html>
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200510250358.html>
<http://nigeriafirstlady.memory-of.com/Timeline.aspx>
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