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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: john.shaka@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:45:44 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20MAIL?=
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Comrade John Shaka Accountant with one of the government ministries
in Africa. I head a seven-man tenders committee in charge of Foreign/Expatriate
Contract Awards Review and Payment Approvals (CRPAC). I came to know of
your name and address in my search for a reliable and low-key person to
handle a very confidential transaction based on unflinching trust, as we
have not met before.
This transaction involves the transfer of huge sum of foreign exchange (the
United States Dollars) to a foreign account.
There were a series of contracts executed by a Consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of ministry among which are:
(1) The expansion and rehabilitation of the ageing pipeline network within
my country for crude oil and downstream products distribution and evacuation
- US$3 Billion.
(2) Contracts for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
the four epileptic refineries in the country.
(3) The construction of more storage tanks and maintenance and servicing
of old ones for Petroleum Products Storage (Depots) - US$40 Million.
(4) The construction of Escravos Gas Production Offshore facility. The original
value of these contracts was deliberately over-invoiced in the sum of USD
NINE Million ($9,000,000.00) by this committee (CRPAC) during the awards
of the various contracts.
This sum ($9,000,000.00)has now been approved for payment by this committee
(CRPAC) and is now ready to be transferred by the Apex to the account of
any individual and or company which the CRPAC presents as the beneficiary,
since the company that actually executed these contracts has been fully
been paid their fund and the projects have been officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amountto
your account for subsequent disbursement on our behalf, since we as civil
servants and we are also serving in a sensitive foreign payment approval
committee (CRPAC) are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service
Laws) from opening or operating foreign account and or dealing in foreign
exchange in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed to offer you 45% of the transferred sum; while
5% shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) accrued
between the parties in the course of the transaction.
The balance will be used to purchase agricultural equipment and medical
drugs from your country for importation back to my country. You must however
note that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
(b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
(c) That you have an unflinching trust in us, and our ability to complete
all official processes with your co-operation.
(d) That the funds would be transferred to an ordinary account, which you
have total control over. Modalities have been worked out (secretly) at the
highest levels of the relevant government departments involved and at the
Apex for the immediate transfer of funds within 14 working days subject
to your satisfaction of the above stated terms.
Our assurance is that your role is risk-free. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security of the fund,
the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with
your name or the name of any company you may nominate as the bonafide beneficiary,as
in an ideal situation.
It is imperative that you bear in mind that having put in 20 years in the
service of the government, I am averse to having
my image and career dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency.
Indicating your interest in this transaction contact me through my private
email: john4shaka@yahoo.it as am urgently waiting your reply as payment
to foreign contractors is usually made on quarterly basis.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.John Shaka
Mr. William Jacob
Standard Credit Bank Plc
No 165 Awolowo Road,
Lagos-Nigeria
Email:williamjacob@excite.com
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