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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: "prince dave" <prince4dave@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: prince4dave@fastermail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:54:32 +0100
Subject: *JOINT VENTURE*

From The Desk of :Senator Prince Dave
Nigeria Senate Committee
on Contract Review Panel (S.C.C.R.P).

Attention:Managing Director,
We write to solicit your assistance in an urgentbusiness transaction,
which we are prosecuting under condition of strict confidentiality. We
got your contact through the Nigeria. Chamber of Commerce and Industries
(NCC), subsequently we ran a check on your firm through
Merrill Lynch international and Salomon brothers catalog. Your creditability
to handle a transaction of this magnitude, which requires confidentiality,
was confirmed accordingly.We are top government officials and currently
members of the Federal Government of Nigeria Senate Committee on Contract
Review Panel (S.C.C.R.P).In order to commence this business, we solicit
your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the sum of US$62.5M
(Sixty Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) only. The source
of these fund is as follows: During the last Military Regime here in Nigeria
the official of that Government set-up companies and awarded themselves
and their cohorts,contracts which were grossly over-invoiced in various
ministries. As part of its inaugural policy, the present Civilian Government
set up a Senate Committee Contract Review Panel, a panel in which we are
members.

In the course of our investigation, we identified a lot of over-inflated
contract funds, which are presently floating in the Apex Paying Bank ready
for payment to any contractors with formal genuine claim. However, by
virtue of our position as public servants and members of this panel, we
cannot acquire these funds in our name. Therefore, we require the assistance
of a sincere foreign partner hence this email letter.We are interested
in the transfer of the said sum of US$62.5M. We have agreed amongst ourselves
to share the total funds thus:-(1)25% for our foreign partner (you). (2)
65% for us (the officials) (3) 10% to be used in setting taxation and
all incidental (local and foreign) expenses.
Thus, we have worked out the modalities of the prosecution of this transaction,
which meet all legal and administrative requirements in our country, and
those of international arbitration. We hope to conclude this transaction
within seven (7) banking days and commence the transfer of funds.To enable
us commence the prosecution of this transaction, we require from you the
following urgently by email (1) Re-confirm weather to use your company
name or your name as the beneficiary. (2) Your company address (3)Your
bank name and address (4) Your account number and account name (if any)
(5) Your telephone and fax numbers or any other relevantinformation you
may deem helpful.With the above information, we shall use your company
name or your name to re-award the contract, put up letters of claim and
apply for
payment. Note that your account in question may need not have money in
it. The most important thing is the ability of the account to receive the
incoming funds. We are looking forward to doing business with you.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this email weather in acceptance or
not to enable us to know
the next step of action.

Please,Kindly direct your response to my private email address:
prince4dave@fastermail.com

Regards.
Senator Prince Dave
Senate Committee
on Contract Review Panel (S.C.C.R.P).



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