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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: "Dr. Frank Eze" <frankeze@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:57:08 +0000
Subject: HELLO
From the desk of: Dr.Frank Eze
Executive Director/Financial Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)
Falomo Office Annex
Lagos Nigeria
Dear Sir,
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
I am the financial controller of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC). I got your
Contact address from an associate working with the Nigerian Export Promotion
Council. I and my
colleagues are ministry officials in charge of offshore remittance in this
Corporation (NNPC).
We are seeking your assistance to transfer of Forty Two Million
(US$42,000,000.00) to your
account for further private investment.Please note that the nature of your
job/business does
not matter and you will be better informed when I hear from you.
This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract amount for the
construction of an Oil
Refinery Sub-stations in Nigeria in 1995 to expatriate companies.The
contract was originally
valued for one Hundred and Twenty Seven Million United States Dollar
US$127,000,000.00) but we
manipulated the figure to read one Hundred and Sixty Nine Million United
states
Dollars($169,000,000.00) The extra $42,000,000.00 is what we want to
transfer to your account.
This contract has been completely executed and the original contractors have
been paid all
their contract bills less this $42,000,000.00 For your assistance, we have
agreed to
remunerate you with 30% because it is impossible for us to claim the amount
here in Nigeria
without foreign collaboration. 5% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous
expenses incurred
by either party during this business, and 65% for my colleagues and myself.
It may interest you to know that four years ago, a similar transaction was
carried out with
one Mr.Patrice Miller, the President of Craine International Trading
Corporation at number 135
East 57th Street, 28th floor,New York.10022 with Tel: 212-308-7788 and TLX
number 6731689. Mr.
Patrice disappeared into thin air when he received the money. His Telephone
and Telex numbers
had been reallocated to other users by the time we arrived New York for our
share. This
explains exactly why we will make a concrete agreement between you and us,
should you be
willing to assist in this deal.
All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of this money
have been worked
out. This transaction is 100% risk free but rquires 100 percent
confidentiality. This is a
golden opportunity which must not be allowed to slip out of any careless
acts and utterances.
We chose you for this transaction because we believe that good friends can
be discovered and
businesses such as this cannot be realized without trust. You can be rest
assured that your
security has been considered before you were contacted.
Upon the reciept of this mail message, feel free to send to me the
following, to enable us
start the process:
1. Your full Names and contact address.
2. Your private telephone and fax numbers.
Thanks and best regards in anticipation of your response.
Best Regards,
Dr.Frank Eze
N:B
Please note that the nature of your job/business does not matter and you
will be better informed when I hear from you.
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