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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: "charles obi" <obich04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: c026obi@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:11:34 -0900
Subject: Confirm Urgent
FROM:CHARLES OBI,
DIRECTOR,DELIVERY/FOREIGN OPERATION,
FIRST ATLANTIC FINANCE CORPORATION(F.A.F.C).
5/6 MARINA, LAGOS,NIGERIA.
PHONE:234-806-066-6787.
CLEARING OF US$6 MILLION FOR INVESTMENT.
I am Mr Charles Obi the Director of Delivery/Operations in the above
mentioned Company. Our firm is a Finance company of high repute with years
of outstanding service to the people of Africa,europe especially top
government officials and military leaders in Africa.I have resolved to
contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of
mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed this transaction with
anybody because it is of top secret.
To be explicit and straight to the point, some time early in 1999, a
reputable client of our ,deposited a consignment in our company's vault for
safe keeping. And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim
his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in
demurrage. Consequently, in our bid to contact this client to redeem the
demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered that our
client was the former President of Zaire, who died of illness after he was
dethroned in the same year.The consignment was entrusted into our care.
Before the death of our client, President Mobutu Seseseko, none of his
benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us, which means
that none of his relation or aides had any knowledge of this consignment.
Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly scan the box that our client
deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the box, that
was registered as treasures by our client, actually contained a considerable
amount of money in United State Dollars, amounting to US$6 Million,for this
reason I quickly paid the demurrage,that is to say I have cleared every
charges about this money here in Nigeria. Since this development I have been
nursing plans secretly.I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media
that the late client siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was
in office as Head of State. It is my conviction that the consignment in our
vault was part of the money our cleint siphoned and now that he is dead
there is no trace of this money in our care.
I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in Clearing this
money out of Nigeria to your country for immediate investment with your
assistance.I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 20%
of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your
willingness to assist me of this transaction,
I will immediately arrange and transfer all the right of ownership of this
consignment to your name, to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of
the complete fund to your country for onward investment.This transaction is
100% risk free. I await your most prompt response.
NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND
SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE
HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
Your's faithfully
Charles Obi.
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