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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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From: princeppwilliam2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 03:48:59 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?LETTER=20OF=20INTENT?=
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 $8.8, 000,000.00
USD (eight million eight hundred thousand united state 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 $8.8, 000,000.00 USD (eight
million eight hundred thousand united state 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.
Please forward the following datas to me if you are interested in helping
me.
1: Your full name.
2: Your phone/fax number.
3: The name of your company and your position in the company.
4: Your age/sex.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Philip William.
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