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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: YUSUF MOHAMMED <yusufmohammed_z15@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <yusufmohammed_z@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 12:28:37 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved Ones,
Dear beloved,I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. My name is Yusuf,20 years old. I am contacting you on behalf of myself and my younger sister Zeinab 18years old. We are orphans. Nationality: Nigeria.Our late Father MR usman Mohammed was a successful business-man whom before his untimely death in June 2004, was a Cocoa and Diamond Merchant based here in Nigeria. Both our Father and Mother were poisoned at a party organized by one of his business associates.Before they died in a private hospital here in Nigeria, my Father called me and told me that he has a sum of US$8.5m (EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS),left in a suspence account in one of the leading bank here in Nigeria which he used my name as next of kin to deposit the funds as the only son. Due to the problem that has arised in our family between my late Father's brothers over who should control his wealth and subsequent death in the family,They hired robbers inorder to do away with us and get away with the documents but unfortunately 2 policemen were killed and my younger sister got wounded as we were trying to escape from our house and presently she is suffering the pains in the hospital.I have decided with my younger sister to transfer this funds overseas forfuture investment after we finish our education. We want to leave here and come over to your country to live and continue our studies, because our life is no longer safe here.We have now known that they are planing on how to retrieve all the documents concerning the funds from us, so that they can claim the funds. Before contacting you, we have spoken with the local bank manager and worked out modalities on how to transfer the funds to your country. Please, we humbly seek your assistance in the following ways:1- To assist us in transferring this fund quietly into your account in yourcountry.2- To serve as the guardian of this funds since I am still in the universityand my younger sister is still in the college.3- To make arrangement for me and my younger sister to come over to your country to further our education and to help us secure a residential permit in your country. Moreover, we are willing to offer you any agreed (percentage) out of the total funds as compensation for your efforts/input after the successful transfer of this funds into your nominated account overseas.Further more you can indicate your option towards assisting us as i believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) days your signify interest to assist us. Anticaipting to hear from you soon. Thanks and ALLAH bless you, My regards to your family. Please respond to me via my private email address (yusufmohammed_z@yahoo.com) We await your reply,Yours Sincerely.Yusuf and Zeinab Mohammed
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