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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: tonyokeke17@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:44:08 +0000
Subject: Information

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PETROLEUM AND PROJECT DIVISION
TEL: +234-803-377-98859
P.M.B 2071, LAGOS - NIGERIA.
3RD JULY 2002
tonyokeke17@terra.com.mx


DEAR SIR
This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form,rather
is compelled to contact your esteemed self, following the knowledge of your
high repute and trustworthiness. Firstly, I must solicit your confidentiality,
this is by the virtue of its' nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end of the day. A bold step taken shall not be regretted I assure you.

I am Mr. Tony Okeke and I head a seven man tender board in charge of
contract awards and payment approvals, I came to know of you in search ofa
reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential businesstransaction
which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to foreign account requiring
maximum confidence. My colleagues and I are top officials of the NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION {NNPC}. OUR DUTIES INCLUDE VETTING, EVALUATION
AND FORESEEING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE REFINERIES IN ALL THE DESIGNATED OIL
PIPELINES. We are therefore
soliciting for your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the
said funds. Our country losses a lot of money everyday that is why the international
community is very careful and warning their citizens to be careful but I
tell you "A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU".

The source of the fund is as follows; during the last military regime here
in Nigeria this committee awarded a contract of US$400million to a group
of five construction companies on behalf of the NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION for the construction of the oil pipelines in Kaduna, Port-Harcourt,
Warri refineries. During this process my colleagues and I deliberately inflated
the total contract sum to the tune US$428million with the intention of sharing
the inflated sum of US$28. The government has since approved the sum of
US$428 for us as the contract sum, but since the contract is only worth
US$400million, the remaining US$28million is what we intend to transfer
to reliable and safe offshore account, we are prohibited to operate foreign
account in our names since we are still in government. Thus, making it impossible
for us to acquire the money in our name right now, I have therefore been
delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues to look for an oversea partner
into whose account we can transfer the sum of US$28million.

My colleagues and I have decided that if you/your company can be the
beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your company will retain
20% of the total sum US$28million while 75% will be for us the officials
and remaining 5% will be used for offsetting all debts/expenses incurred
during this transaction.

We have decided that this transaction can only proceed under the following
conditions:
1. That you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
and conviction of your transparent honesty.
2. That upon the receipt of the funds you will release the funds as
instructed by us after you have removed your share of 20%. Please
acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above telephone and fax
numbers. I will bring you into the nomenclature of this transaction when
I have heard from you.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we catching on the next
payment schedule for the financial quarter. Please be assured that this
transaction is 100% legal/risk free, only trust can make the reality of
this transaction.

Best Regards,
MR. TONY OKEKE


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