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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: macaulayofurhie-nnpc@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:53:22 -0700
Subject: AN INVESTMENT AVENUE....

Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL:

I am Engr Macaulay St. Ofurhie, Director General of the Department of Petroleum
Resources (DPR),a branch of the Nigeria National Petroluem Corporation(NNPC),
the NNPC is a commercial international Corporation engaged in petroleum
activities. It is envisioned to be a world class company driven by shared
commitments to excellence, customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.
The NNPC is Nigeria Major oil company ,Nigeria, going by whatever indices
applied -human, natural or economic resources - is a sesame of opportunities,
ever beckoning to an increasingly shrinking global village called the Giant
of Africa on the account of her size, variegated and rich culture, limitless
business opportunities as well as a long-term relevance in the global diplomatic
arena.

I head a Five Man tender's board in charge of Contract Awards and Payments
Approvals.In 2000, alot of contract were awarded and executed by a consortium
Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of DPR among which were:

*Delivery CIF Nigeria, petroleum products Premium Motor Spirit
(PMS),Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) and Automotive Gasoil (AGO);

*Delivery of cargoes of 30,000MT for Lagos and Port-hacourt ports;

*Servicing of the Gas Turbine and Reserve Tanks;

*Turn around maintainance Warri Refinery Petroluem Company(WRPC) ;

*The Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and Accessories to all the
refineries in Nigeria which included Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries;

*Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to the victims of the vandalised petroleum
pipeline Conveying of PMS and the jersey environs in Sapele;

*The construction of Schools, Hospitals and Housing Units in the
Niger/Delta Region;

*Rehabiliation of the Petrol Chemical Plants(Carbon Black and
Polyproplene);

And some of the companies involved in the execution of these contracts were
Ed-of Nig LTD,Chrome Nig LTD,Lee Engineering Service,Cakasa Nig Ltd,Daewoo
Nig LTD,V.A.I.S(formerly V.O.E.S.T)Industrial Service,1. ACM Nigerian Limited,African
Petroleum PLC,Baker Nigeria Limited,Baroid Drilling Chemical Products Nigeria
Limited,baroid Nigeria Limited,Dowell Schlumberger Nigeria Limited,Dresser
Nigeria Limited,FSB International Bank,Flopetrol Nigeria Limited,Keydril
(Nigeria)Limited,National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria Limited,National
Oil and Chemical Marketing Company Nigeria Limited,Nigerian LNG Limited,Nigermed
Petroleum S.A,Schlumberger Limited,Sedco Forex of Nigeria Limited, Solus
Schall Nigeria Limited ,Stallion Properties Development Company Limited,Unipetrol
Nigeria Plc.


The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in
the sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ($25,278,000.00USD)which has now been approved and is now
ready to be transferred being that the Companies that actually executed
these contracts have been paid and the projects officially commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount
to your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening
and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.

In otherwords,we require from you by e-mail and fax(all
corresponce must be sent as email and fax):
{i} Acceptance letter of this offer proving
convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to
abide by the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is
CONFIDENTIALITY.
{ii} Your company name
{iii}Confidential telephone and fax numbers

Needless to say, the trust and bond reposed on you at this juncture is great.
In return, we have agreed to offer you 15% of the transferred sum, while
10% shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between
the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit
the balance 75% to other accounts in due course.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following
terms and conditions:

Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.That you would
treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.That as a
foreign partner, you will follow our instructions to the letter. Provide
the account required.
Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the
Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate transfer
of the funds within 10 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is risk free.

To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security
of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally
processed with your name of any Company you may nominate as the Bonafide
beneficiary.This is the most important aspect of the project because it
is at this stage that the all-important and vital fund release Approval/recommendations
from the Federal Ministry of Finance are issued. Once they are issued, it
means that the greater tax of the processes of the fund transfer have been
concluded.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 25 years in
the service of my country, my collegues and I are careful not to have our
name and image tanished. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost
secrecy and urgency.
Kindly commence action as we are almost behind schedule to enable us include
this transfer in the second quarter of this fiscal year's payment.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my email:
markofurhie@yahoo.co.uk and fax below.

Yours Truly,
Engr Macaulay Ofurhie
Nigeria National Petroluem Corporation
Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way
Abuja, Nigeria.
CONFIDENTIAL TEL: 234-8035722015
CONFIDENTIAL FAX: 234-1-7595081



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