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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: j_izualo@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:57:18 -0700
Subject: yours faithfully


Office of the financial controller.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Building 6/7 Falomo Lagos Nigeria.

Attn:president/ceo

PLEASE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

I am Dr.John Izualo,The financial controller of Federal Ministry
Agriculture (FMA) Headquarters lagos.

I am writing on behalf of my colleagues in the Ministry and
have been assigned to seek for the assistance of a reliable
foreign company through which we can transfer the sum of THIRTY

MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY (US$30,000,000). This money is deposited
in the
FMA Treasury account with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

ORIGIN OF THE FUND: This sum arose from the deliberated
over-invoicing of contract awarded by my ministry to foreign firm
in the
twilight days of the last military regime. This contract has been
completely executed and commissioned and the contractor that handled
this
contract has collected his full and final payment thus leaving behind

the above stated amount which represent the over invoiced sum.

We have been safeguarding this money for conducive time for it?s
transfer out of the country for our personal use. However, the
code of employment does not allow us (civil servants) to own and

operate foreign account and because the contract was handled by

aforeign firm and the payment made in dollars, we now need a
foreign partner that will present himself as the sub-contractor
so that the fund will be transfer into your company?s or personal

account.Your address was made available to us by a very good
friend who work with the Nigeria export promotion council and he

assured us of your company?s viability and capability in business

transaction.

This assurance gave us the courage to link you up in this
particular transaction and I hope it will be of mutual benefit to
all
of us. Note that the nature of your business is not
particularly relevant to the success of the transaction. All we
require is your willingness to present yourself as the subcontractor
by

providing your bank information so that the fund will be transferred

into your account.

SHARING RATIO:For your assistance in this business , your share

will be 30% of the total fund. I and my colleagues will take
60% while we set aside 10% for any expenses that may incurred
in the course of this transaction. If you are willing to assist

us in this business.Forward the particulars of your bank account and
also your private phone and fax numbers.
This information will enable us put an application for payment

approval to the concerned Ministries and final to the Central Bank

of Nigeria (C.B.N) and it is going to last for 6-7 working
days starting from the day we receive the above information.

All modalities for the take ?off of this transaction have been
worked out and further action will commence immediately we hear

from you. I am waiting for your reply via my private email
address:joizualo@myway.com for security reasons.

Thanks, yours faithfully.

Dr.John Izualo.

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