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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: alaobd@myway.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:20:44 +0100
Subject: READ
From:Engr Badmus Alao
Add :Federal Enviromental
Protection Agency.
Wusese-Abuja.
Dear Sir,
It is indeed my pleasure to write you this letter, which I believe will be a surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy. I actually got your contact information in my search for a foreigner to handle this transaction. I am Chairman committee on inspection,Federal Enviromental Protection Agency (FEPA) Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. I must start this email by acknowledging the wisdom in choosing to reveal my 4 years AMBITION since the Federal Maintainance Excersice was kicked off some 4 years ago by a bill passed into law by the national assembly for the Maintainance/Rehabilitation of infrastructures across the Nation.
During our final verification exercise we discovered an excess allocation to our agency to the tune of Sixteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar and we intend to keep this money for our personal use by fronting you as one of the foreign contractors due for payment. This sum (US$16.5Million) will be paid into your account as your contractual entitlement.
The good news is that precisely 1st of April, 2001, the Agency has started the verification of all contracts that was executed for the ministry since the present administration came into existence on May 29th, 1999. The reason am writing you this mail is that the Government of my country,have approved allocation for payment due to all contractor (Foreign and Local) to the agency and this gives us opportunity to enrich ourselves and fulfill my ambition of becoming rich for the first time but I cannot achieve this without the support of a foreign partner.
We are handicapped in the circumstances, as the Civil service code of conduct does not allow us to operate offshore accounts hence your importance in the whole transaction. Therefore, we want to utilize this opportunity, as a lot of foreign contractors will be paid in this quarter of the year to transfer the fund out of the country.
As soon as we confirm receipt of this money in your nominated bank account, my partner and I will come over to your country to arrange for our own share and possibly invest part of this money in your country.We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire US$16.5M for your efforts in this transaction, 80% for us here partners in nigeria.
Finally,do not disclose my identity or the actual nature of this transaction as I am still a serving officer in the ministry and we want to assure you that your help will not in any way bring your name into disrepute
I await your urgent reply through my email address and note that this transaction must be top secret and let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout.
Best Regards,
Alao
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