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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: lekki@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:31:41 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Attention=21?=

Private email;tonylekwot@netscape.net

Attn;President/CEO

Dear Sir,
I am Chief (Dr.) Tony Lekwot, a native of Kaduna,Nigeria and I am an Executive
Accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).Please
accept my apology for using this medium to convey a transaction/business
of this magnitude, but this is due to the confidentiality and prompt access
reposed on this medium.
I have decided to seek your co-operation in the execution of this deal described
hereunder, for the benefit of all parties and hoping you will keep it a
TOP SECRET because of the nature of the business.
Within the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(where I am a top executive)
and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our possession
as overdue payment bills totaling Forty Seven Million,One Hundred Thousand
US Dollars
(US$47,100,000.00)which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
cooperation of a company/or an individual to
receive the said funds, via a reliable Bank Account.Quite frankly, we are
handicapped as the Nigerian civil service laws (Code of Conduct Bureau)
strongly prohibits us from owning/or operating a foreign account hence your
importance in this whole
transaction.This amount (US$47.1M) represents the balance of the total value
of a contract executed on behalf of my department by a foreign contracting
firm which we the officials (involved) deliberately over-invoiced.Though
the actual cost have been paid to the original contractor leaving the balance
in the tune of the said amount which we have in principle gotten approval
to remit by Key Tested Telegraphic transfer (K.T.T.) to any foreign bank
account you will provide by filing an application through the justice ministry
here in Nigeria for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former
contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in this transaction by way of providing the required
account and frontin receiving these funds, you are assured of a reasonable
negotiable amount as your share,while taxation and other miscellaneous expenses
in the course of transferring the funds to your account will be taken care
of at our expense from our share of the money.
The business itself is 100% foolproof and safe, as long as you maintain
utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Further more your area of specialization
will not be a hindrance to the successful completion of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me.
Should you be willing to assist positively towards a common goal, endeavor
to contact me immediately through my private email address given above.
If you are not interested, please also indicate so that it will enable me
to contact other foreign partner with recommendations to carry out this
deal.
I want to assure you that my colleagues and I are in position to make the
payment of this claim possible provided that you can give us a very concrete
assurance of the safety of our share. Please, always treat this matter with
utmost confidentiality,because we will not comprehend any form of exposure
as we are still in active government service. Time is crucial in this business,
so kindly act fast.
I await in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours Faithfully,
Chief (Dr.) Tony Lekwot.




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