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Fraud email example:
From: "Femi Omolope" <fomolope73@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:46:23 -0800
Subject: HELLO....ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.
kindly reply to my private email address:info_fhaomolope@yahoo.com
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.
Attn: Sir/Madam,
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties
in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance
Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria.
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the
transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further want his
identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the
transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas agent. I have therefore
been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in
order to actualise this transaction.
The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed
investments in your country is presently in a coded account in the Nigerian
apex bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country
or any safe account outside your country
in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can put
the funds into use. For this you shall be considered to have executed a
contract for the ministry. The contract sum of which shall run into
US$15.5Million of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our
overseas agent. Your area of specialisation does not matter in this
transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account and your
willingness to assist us acquire estates in your country. As soon as payment
is effected and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into
your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates
abroad. For this too, you shall serve as our agent.
It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction was
carried out with one MR.CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the
payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers
and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That
was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around , I will be with you
before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future
occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is
seen. You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this
proposal, through email. After which we shall discuss in details the
modalities for seeing this transaction through. If however, you are not
disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the
confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities
involved.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation,and please kindly reply to my
private email address:info_fhaomolope@yahoo.com
Best Regards,
Dr. Femi Omolope
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