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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: Abraham Duke <ab_duke1900@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: abraham_duke1900@yahoo.de
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 02:26:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Attention Please.
My Dear Friend,
This communication to you is strictly confidential,
with due respect. Sorry at this perceived confusion or stress you may have
receiving this letter from me, since we have not known ourselves or met
previously. Despite that, I am constrained to write you this letter
because of the urgency of it. By way of self introduction First I will
like you to take your time to go over this mail carefully and with
patience. Please, this is a matter of urgency, this is because I need your
help and I need it very quickly too.
At this stage I will like to introduce my self. I am Mr. Abraham Duke. A Senior Personal Assistant to the
first lady of the Federal republic of Nigeria who died on the 22nd,
October, 2005 in a Spanish Hospital after undergoing surgical
operation.www.bbc.co.uk/africalives/myafrica/blogs/005017/ Shortly before her death
the First Lady, Chief Mrs. Stella Obasanjo gave me a very huge amount of
money to be transferred to an off-shore Security Company abroad!
In any case the fund was successfully transferred and it is currently
in a safe deposit abroad. All the papers to legally claim the funds are
with me but safely put in a place that nobody can discover except if I
say so, the amount involved in this transfer is US$12.5m (Twelve
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
I need your urgent assistance in getting this fund out of the Security Company before her
husband begins to find a way of recovering her funds abroad. Furthermore, I
ask for your assistance so that upon my retirement, we can successfully
invest this fund together in your country under your supervision.
Therefore, I sincerely need your help in this area of investment
opportunities in your country.
In my Research, Real estate, computers and other things that will bring good returns for our investment worth. Please, can
you help me by receiving this fund as the beneficiary? I assure you
that there is no risk involved as the funds is already out of Ni!
geria. All you need is just an affidavit of change of ownership to put
forward before the Security Company and they will inform you on what
next to do to receive the consignment that contains fund. This affidavit
will be send to you immediately I procured it so I will need your
personal information to enable me swear the affidavit on your behalf.
Be informed that you will be compensated with 20% of the funds upon
collection if you agree to Assist me, and the rest we can put into business.
I await your urgent response via this email: ( abraham_duke1900@yahoo.de )
Please do provide me with your name, physical contact address, direct
phone and fax numbers.
Thanks and God bless as I look forward to your
favorable reply.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Abraham Duke.
- Abraham Duke
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