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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: "Mr.Ibrahim abubakar" <direct_contact1961@yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:59:24 -0600
Subject: VERY URGENT!!!!!
Attention Sir/Madam
Please don't be surprise to receiving this mail, I was appointed to pay all the foreign contractors that executed contract here in River State, after paying all the contractors, this amount of money was remaining in our custody, I decided to contact and present you as one of the contract beneficiaries so that I can transfer some part of the contract entitlement fund into your bank account What I require is utmost co-operation as this transaction involves a very large sum of money.
The money is 12 million but I want to transfer 6 million into a foreign account and return the remaining to Federal Government this is why I have decided to contact you to see if you will assist in the transaction as I have a very short period left to conclude with this contract payment proceedings.
Mr.Ibrahim abubakar
Special Adviser on Contract and
Fund Entitlement Matters
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