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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: "Kola Simon" <kolasimon71@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 01:55:16 -0800
Subject: REPLY ASAP
Kola Simon
Lagos-Africa
Dear Friend,
I, on behalf of my colleagues from different Federal
Government of Nigeria owned parastatals decided to
solicit your assistance as regards transfer of
US$10,500,000.00 (Ten 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$15,500,000.00 (Fiftheen 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,
Kola Simon
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