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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: "HON.DR.OLAOLU ADENIJE" <drolaoluadenije@educ.ar>
Reply-To: drolaoluadenije@uku.co.uk
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:40:14 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT SOLUTION


PAYMENT SOLUTION

I am Hon. Dr. Adenije Olaolu, Minister of Foreign Affairs; my office monitors
and controls the affairs of all banks and financial institutions in Nigeria
concerned with foreign contract payments. I am the final signatory to all
foreign transfers of huge funds moving within banks both the local and international
levels in line to foreign contracts settlement. I have before me the list
of foreign contract payment files,which are due to be transferred to their
nominated accounts.

Meanwhile, we identified some of these accounts to be ghost accounts,unclaimed
deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. Your name was among the under listed
contractors expecting their
funds to be transferred into their accounts, on this note; I wish to have
a deal with you as regards to the unpaid fund.

I have the file before me and hope they data's are correct and un-tampered
unless you reconfirm your banking details for me to properly authenticate
them. As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds
to the Federal Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits.I
have the opportunity to write you based on the instructions I received two
days ago from the Senate Committee on Contract Payments / Foreign Debts
to submit the List of payment reports expenditures and audited reports of
revenues. Among several others, I have decided to remit the contract sum
to your nominated account following my idea that we have a deal/agreement
and I am going to perfect the paperwork legally.

MY CONDITIONS

1. The sum of USD$5M only will be paid into an account I
will provide you after you have confirmed the transfer of
the fund into your account by telegraphic Transfer (T/T),
confirmable in 3 working days.

2. This deal must be kept secret forever, and all
correspondence will be strictly by private email /
telephone and fax, for security purposes.

3. There should be no other third parties as most problems
associated with such payments are caused by their agents or
representatives.

If you AGREE with my conditions, l will advise you on the
nextline of action and immediately the fund transfer will
commence without further delay as I would proceed to fix
your name on the Payment schedule instantly to meet the 10
working days.

Hon. Dr. Adenije Olaolu
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER.

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