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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: "FROM : DR. AMOS DANJUMA" <amos1@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amosdanjuma21@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:13:16 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT
FROM : DR. AMOS DANJUMA.CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD DEPT NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC) LAGOS - NIGERIA CELL PHONE:234-1- 7224426 E-MAIL: amosdanjuma21@yahoo.com
GOOD DAY
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSFER OF
US$18.3000,00 (EIGHTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
U.S DOLLARS ONLY).
I fervently pray that this letter soliciting for your
kind assistance will not cause any embarrassment to
you. I am aware that we have never seen each other
before, neither have we exchanged any form of formal
contact or correspondence before. I am also, aware
that this world is full of dishonest people but I
sincerely hope that my humble letter will touch your
kind heart to assist us and give us the opportunity of
being future inseparable.
I, on behalf of my other colleague in the office
(NNPC) have decided to solicit your assistance as
regards to the transfer of the above stated amount into
your bank account. This fund arose from the
over-invoicing of various contracts awarded in my
parastatal to certain foreign contractors sometime
ago.We as holders of official position in our various
parastatals, were mandated by this new civilian
government to scrutinize all payments made to certain
foreign contractors, and we discovered that some of
these contracts executed were grossly
over-invoiced, either by omission or commission.
Also, we discovered that the sum of $18.3000,00.
(eighten million three houndred thousand US Dollars)
was lying in a suspense account, although the
foreign contractors were fully paid their contract entitlements
after executing the said contracts. We all agreed that
the over-invoiced amount will be transferred (for our
own use) into a bank account provided by a foreign
partner, as the code of conduct of the Federal civil
service does not allow us to operate with foreign
accounts. We are therefore seeking for your assistance
based on the agreement been made within our selves the
documents of this fund will be speedily processed for
immediate remittance of the fund into your bank
account.
On successful remittance of the fund into your
account, you will be compensated with 25% of the total
amount for assistance and 5% is already set aside for
expenses on the process of this transaction while 70%
is for me and my colleague.
We will avail you with our identities as regards our
respective offices when relationship is fully
established and smooth operation commences. we are at
your disposition to entertain any question from you
in respect of this transaction, so, contact me
immediately through my e-mail or the above telephone
numbers for further information on the requirements
and procedure.Please, note that this DEAL needs utmost
confidentiality.
Yours faithfully,
DR. AMOS DANJUMA
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