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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: ad_frede@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: adams@gloo.it
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:02:44 -0800
Subject: REPLY
Dear Friend,
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Although this proposal might come to you as surprise since it is coming
from someone you don't know or ever seen before. But after due deliberation
with my colleagues, I decided to forward this business proposal.
We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of US$37.4M
(Thirty seven million, Four hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into
his or her Account.
This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contract awarded by us
under the budget allocation to my ministry and the bill was approved for
payment by the concerned ministries.
The contract was executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid his
actual cost of contract.
We are left with the balance of US$37.4M(Thirty seven million, four hundred
thousand United States dollars) as the over-invoiced Amount, which we have
deliberately over estimated for our own use but under our protocol division,
civil servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign account.
This is why I contact you for assistance.
We have agreed to share the money as follows.
1. 25% for you account owner)
2. 70% for us,
3. 5% for tax, as may be required by your Government.
As you may want to know and make you less curious, I got your address from
a reputable Large chamber of commerce and industry and I am the executive
chairman of the contract Award committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
This transaction is very much free from all sort of risk hence this business
was carefully planned before it was successfully executed and we the NNPC
officials involved in the deal have put in many years of meritorious service
to our ministry.
We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and for
most of us this is a lifetime opportunity we cannot afford to miss. To get
this fund into your account, we have to present an international business
outfit and consequent upon indication of your interest to fully assist us
in this transaction.
You are advised to furnish us with the following.
1) Your bankers name and address, telephone, fax and telex numbers.
This information will enable us seek approval of the fund from the concerned
quarters within three to four banking days and the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) payment information data will be faxed immediately to
you for completion.
One of my colleagues and i involved in this deal will come to your country
to arrange for our share upon confirmation from you that the money has hit
your nominated bank account. All these will only take us about fourteen
working days to transfer this fund into your account from the day we receive
the requirement.
Your line of business in this transaction does not matter.Honesty and your
ability to keep it secret and keep our own safe when the money hits your
account is what matters.
Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated by sending your reply through
this mail address for onward transaction.
Best regards,
Dr.Adams Fredrick
NNPC.
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