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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: "DR PETER OKOLO" <drpetkolo777@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drpetkolo777@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:07:55 +0100
Subject: URGENT-ATTENTION
Dr Peter Okolo
Ikoyi office complex,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
I am Dr Peter Okolo,on behalf of my colleagues from
different Federal Government of Nigeria owned
parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as
regards transfer of US$41,500,000.00 (Fourty one
Million,five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)into your
bank account. These funds emanated from unclaimed
contractual proceeds of foreign contracting firms who
could not meet their financial obligations to their
creditors. We, as holders of sensitive positions in
our various parastatals, were mandated by the Federal
Government to scrutinise all payments made to certain
foreign contractors and we discovered that some of the
contractors have not been paid their contractual
entitlement which collectively left the sum of
US$46,500,000.00 (Fourty six Million,five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) lying in a suspended Account.
However,from our investigations,we discovered that the
foreign beneficiary companies have since been
liquidated, and to all intents and purposes no longer
exist in Nigeria, thus providing us with this
opportunity,provided that we have a capable partner,
to execute a transaction of this nature.
We agreed that the said amount would be transferred
into an overseas Bank Account to be provided by a
reliable foreign firm/associate. This is because as
serving Government workers the Civil Service Code does
not allow us to operate foreign Account. In our
initial attempt to do
this,we succeeded in transferring part of this amount
US$5m (Five Million Dollars)into a United States
Dollar Account in Beirut, Lebanon, but our foreign
associate failed to honour our mutual agreement
insisting instead that the total amount be transferred
into the Account before we can share the money.
As a result, we have lost confidence in the ability of
our Lebanese partner to see this matter to its logical
conclusion,and until the initial transaction is
satisfactorily resolved,we have cancelled further
transactions with him.In the light of the foregoing,it
is clear
that we require a partner that is not only capable of
rendering assistance and cooperation in executing this
matter, but will honour the terms of agreement when we
reach the concluding stages of this transaction.
We therefore offer the amount of 20% of the entire sum
in return for services/assistance rendered in
successfully carrying out this project.We trust that
you appreciate the sensitive nature of this matter and
the need for initial caution on our part, but when a
relationship is confidently established and operations
commence you will be provided with all relevant
information.
I remain at your disposal to entertain any
questions/enquiries relating to this proposition and
you may contact me as a matter of urgency via e-mail
for further information on the procedures and
requirements of this transaction.In your reply,
remember to indicate a safe telephone number where I
can always reach you. Hope to hear from you soon.
Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and
expediency.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Peter Okolo
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