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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: "David Joe" <davidjoe2000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: davidjoe50@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:07:39 +0000
Subject: LET US HAVE THIS FUNDS
SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
44 MARINA, LAGOS NIGERIA.
OUR REF.SPDC/03
ATTENTION: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
Tell PhoneL:2348033315462467
Reply me through my Private E-mail address davidjoe50@yahoo.com
MR.David Joe
SIR,
FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY VIRTUE
OF ITS NATURE AS BEING CONFIDENTIAL. I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE
WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BY E-MAIL DUE
TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION. LET ME STARTS BY INTRODUCING MY SELF
PROPERLY TO YOU.
I AM MR David Joe, THE AUDITOR OF THE SHELL PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SPDC). I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR
A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIALTRANSACTION WHICH
INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF THIRTY-FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS
TO ACCOUNT WITH SECURITY COMPANY CALLED NTER-CONTINENTAL SECURITY & COUERIER
AGNECY IN AMSTERDAM HOLLAND THIS AMOUNT WAS
SECURED FROM EXCESS OIL SALES FROM NIGERIA CRUDE OIL.
THE SUM OF $1.2 BILLION OIL WINDFALL WAS RELIEZED BY THE SHELL
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2004.ORGANISATION
OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) CRUDE OIL PRICE WAS PEG AT $22.00
PER BARREL AND FORTUNATELY FOR OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES LIKE NIGERIA, THERE
WAS RISES IN OIL PRICE TO ABOUT $27.00 AND $28.00 PER BARREL AND AS A RESULT
THERE WAS EXCESS OIL SALES AND I BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE AWARE OF THIS RISEIOIL
PRICE IN THIS YEARS.OUT OF THESE $1.2 BILLION EXCESS OIL FUNDS, MY
COLLEAQUES
AND MYSELF BECAUSE OF OUR POSITION IN THE ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF THE SHELL
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DIVERTED THE SUM OFTHIRTY-FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS WE WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN CLAIMING THIS EXCESS AMOUNT OF CRUDE
OIL SALES WHICH IS US$35M DOLLARS AND PRESENTELY SECURED IN A SECURITY
COMPANY
IN EROUPE TO ENABLE
THE SECURITY COMPANY PAY YOU THIS THIRTY-FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS WE SECURED
TO YOU, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED AS AN OLD COTRACTOR OF SHELL WHO HAS
SUCESSFULLY
COMPLETED HIS AWARDED CONTRACT. NOTE, THE REASON FOR THE PAYMENT OF THIS
THIRTY-FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS INTO YOUR HAND WILL BE FOR A CONTRACT THAT
WAS WARDED TO YOU BY MY
COMPANY THE SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED
AND COMMISSIONED. ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS
FUND WILL BE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF AND THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE AS ALL
THE MODALITIES FOR THE SMOOTH PAYMENT OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR HAND HAS BEEN
CONCLUDED ALREADY.1) THIRTY PERCENT (30%) WILL BE FOR YOU FOR HELPING US
RECEIVING THIS FUND,(2) THAT TEN PERCENT (10%) WILL BE MAPED OUT FOR
REIMBURSEMENT
OF NY EXPENSES INCURED BY THE TWO PARTIES
(YOUR PARTY AND MY PARTY) DURING THE SUCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THIS
TRANSACTION.
,(3) THAT SIXTY PERCENT WILL BE FOR MY PARTY, WHICH I WELL USE TO IMPORT
YOUR COMPANIES PRODUCTS INTO MY COUNTRY.TO ENABLE US PROCEED WITH THIS
BUSINESS,
YOU ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED TO SEND YOUR DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS, REPLY
TO MY PRIVAT E-MAILdavidjoe50@yahoo.com.in ABOVE BOX SO THAT WE CAN APPLY
FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR HAND,WAITING TO YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Mr David Joe,
THE AUDITOR OF SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
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