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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 Bayo James" <info@drbayojames.net>
Reply-To: drbayoj_111@post.cz
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:10:57 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
FROM THE DESK OF: Dr.Bayo James
Director,of Project Implementation,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Ikoyi, Lagos.
Attention: My Good Friend
URGENT ASSISTANCE
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
First and foremost, I apologised using this medium to reach you for a
transaction of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt
access reposed on this medium.
I have decided to seek a confidential cooperation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret due of its sensitive nature.
Your particulars were given to me by a member of the Nigerian Export
Promotion Council(NEPC) who was at the Federal Government Delegation to
your country during a trade exhibition. I have decided to seek a
confidential cooperation with you Through your E-mail in the execution of
the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this business.
Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I work as a Director,
Project Implementation and with the cooperation of four other top
officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling
Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars(US$14,500,000.00)
which we want to transfer abroad with assistance and cooperation of a
foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a
reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds. Moreso, we are
handicapped in the circumstances as the Nigeria Civil Service Code of
Conduct does not allow us as civil servant to operate offshore accounts,
hence your importance in the whole transaction.
The amount represents the balance of the total contract value executed on
behalf of my Ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid
to the origional contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic
Transfer (T.T) to foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an
application through the Federal Ministry of Justice for the transfer of
rights and privileges of the formal contractor to you.
Since the new civilian government of my country is determined to pay every
foreign contractor all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship with
foreign government and non-governmental financial agencies, therefore we
have decided to include our bills for approvals with the cooperation of some
officials from the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of
Nigeria(CBN). We are seeking your assistance in providing a vital account or
any virgin bank account into
which we can remit this money by acting as our main partner and trustee.
This we can do by swapping of account and changing of beneficiary and other
forms of documentation upon application for claim to reflect the payment and
approvals to be secured on behalf of you. This processes being pre-arranged
with the principal trustee of the original contractor and with the consent
of the origional contractor.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in this transaction your share of the sum will be
30% of the US$14.5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe for both parties,
provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your
area of specialization is not an hindrace to the successful execution of
this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will
not disappoint me.
Please Indicate Your Willingness by replying this mail with your Fax/Tell
Number through this e-mail via drbayoj_111@post.cz Due
to the confidentiality of this deal,so that we can discusse one on one.
Thanks for your cooperations.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Bayo James
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