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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: markmbata@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:05:08 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20SEEK=20YOUR=20CONSENT=20IN=20THIS=20MATTER=2E?=
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
Greetings,
I am Dr. MARK MBATA, an Accountant with auditing department of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven man tenders board
in charge of Contract Awards and Payment Approvals. I am in search of a
reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction,
which involves the transfer of certain amount of money to a foreign account.
There were series of contracts executed by a Consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which were:
(1) The expansion of the pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and
downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - US$5 Billion
(2) Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the various Refineries
in the country.
(3) The construction of storage tanks for Petroleum Products (Depots) -
US$90 Million
The original value of these contracts were deliberately over-invoiced in
the sum of USD Twenty Eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand ($28,200,000.00)
which has now been approved and is now ready to be transferred being that
the companies that actually executed these contracts have fully been paid
and the projects officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount
to your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening
and/or operating foreign accounts.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed to offer you 25% of the transferred sum, while
10% shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between
the parties in the course of the transaction.
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 the funds would be transferred to an interest bearing account where
the incidence of taxation would not exert a heavy toll.
Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry of
Finance 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 100% 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.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 19 years in
the civil service of my country, I am averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and
urgency.
Kindly expedite action so as to enable us conclude this transfer in the
shortest possible time.
Sincerely your,
MARK MBATA.
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