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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: funshookpoluku@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:00:45 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY=20NEEDED?=
FROM THE DESK OF:
ENGR FUNSHO OKPOLUKU.
Group Managing director In (NNPC)
EMAIL. funshook@yahoo.co.uk
E_MAIL: funshookpoluku@zipmail.com.br
Dear Sir,
My name is ENGR FUNSHO OKPOLUKU, Group Managing director of the
ContractTender Board Committee of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC),Lagos. After due consultation with other members of the Committee,
I have been mandated to arrange and negotiate for a trusted foreign firm
or individual account overseas for a possible transfer of some fund being
an over invoiced sum resulting from various contracts executed by foreign
companies for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
NATURE OF CONTRACT:
1. Supply of B.P.S.D chemical, erection and system Optimization of super
polypro for Warri Refinery.
2. Supply of capacity turbine flow axle, and computerized conveyor for plant
A-D Warri Refinery.
3. Activation of axle turbine pipes flow plants and liters flow for Kaduna
Refinery.
OBJECTIVES: It should be noted that original value of these contracts were
purposely over invoiced by my committee (the Contract Tender Board Committee)
with the sum of Ten, Five Hundred Thousand United States Million Dollars($10.5M).Now,
all firms involved in this contract have been paid accordingly and
the project commissioned.
As a result, we want to transfer this inflated sum to a trusted Oversea
Partner as the true beneficiary, through the Central Bank of Nigeria as
we Civil Servants Nigeria are not allowed to operate foreign Account.
BENEFIT: We have agreed to give you 25% of the amount, while 10% will be
set aside to offset any expenses incurred during the transaction. 65% will
be for my colleagues and I.
REQUIREMENT: All modalities have efficiently and confidentially been worked
out with the top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central
Bank of Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this fund into your Account
within the shortest possible time of receiving the following information
from you:
THE NAME OF YOUR BANK........................
ITS ADDRESS .................................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS..............................
THE ACCOUNT NUMBER ..........................
THE BENEFICIARY'S NAME.......................
YOUR PRIVATE TEL/FAX NUMBERS.................
HOUSE ADDRESS ...............................
On receipt of this information, all arrangements shall be perfected here
for a successful and hitch-free transfer of this fund to your Account. Utmost
confidentiality and trust is highly needed. All your replies should be strictly
on my direct e-mail address ( funshook@yahoo.co.uk ).This transaction is
100% risk free and does not depend on any specific field of trade. Reach
me on the above email if you are interested in my proposal.
Best Regards,
ENGR FUNSHO OKPOLUKU
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR OF (NNPC)
N.B NOTE I AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOU URGENT MESSAGE, I WILL FORWARD MY STAFF
I.D CARD AND ALSO MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT TO ENABLE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
DEALING WITH AND TO AVOID SCAM OVER THIS TRANSACTION. AND I ALSO I A POLOGIZE
FOR NOT UESING MY THE LETTER HEADED PAPER, WHICH I WILL USE WHEN YOU REPLY
THIS MESSAGE THANKS.
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