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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: "otunba olemon" <otunba_olemon@olemonfamilies.com>
Reply-To: otunba_olemon04@walla.com
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:35:29 +0000
Subject: Goodday....
FROM THE DESK OF ENGR.OTUMBA OLEMON
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA CONTRACTS REVIEW PANEL
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX (ANNEX)
LAGOS - NIGERIA
ENGR. OTUMBA OLEMON.
TEL: 234 805 7377418
EFAX: 1 267 5011691
E-MAIL: otunba_olemon04@walla.com
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
First, l must solicit your strictest confidentiality
in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature
as being utterly confidential and 'TOP SECRET'.
You have been recommended by an associate who
assured me in confidence of your ability and
reliability to prosecute a transaction of great
magnitude involving a pending business transaction
requiring maximum confidence.
We are top officials of the Federal Government
Contract Review Panel who are interested in importation
of goods into our country with funds which are
presently trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence
this business, we solicit your assistance to enable us
transfer into your account the said trapped funds.
The source of this funds is as follows: During the
immediate past military regime here in Nigeria, government
officials set up companies and awarded themselve
contracts which were grossly over invoiced in
various ministries. The present democratic
government set up a Contract Review Panel to look
into these contracts as well as those awarded
to contractors, for which payment has not been made.
In the course of doing this, we identified a lot of
inflated funds presently floating in the Central Bank
of Nigeria and ready for payment. However, by virtue
of our position as civil servants and members of this
panel, we cannot acquire this money in our names.
I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust
by my colleagues of the panel to look for an overseas
partner into whose account we would transfer the sum of US$11,000,000.00
(Eleven Million U.S. Dollars).
Hence my writing you.
We have agreed to share the money thus:
1. 25% for the Account owner (you).
2. 65% for us (The Officials).
3. 10% to be set aside in settling all foreign
expenses (by you) and local expenses (by us)
incidental to the actualisation of this project.
As a token of our gratitude, as soon as you confirm
the arrival of the funds in your Account, we shall
arrange for you the equivalent of 500,000 barrels
of Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO), for spotlifting at
a price less than the prevailing market value per barrel.
We wish to commence the importation business from
our 65% share of the proceeds from the project.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe,and
we intend to effect the transfer within 10-14 banking
days from the date of receipt of the following information
from you via Email:
1) Your Full name.
2) Company's name and address.
3) Confidential telephone and fax number.
The above information will enable us write letters
of claim and job description respectively.
This way, we will use your company's name to apply
for the payment and re-award the contract to your company.
I hope you will look favourably on this proposal
as I solicit your confidentiality in this transaction.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter email.
I will bring you into the complete picture of this
pending project when I hear from you.
Yours faithfully
ENGR. OLEMON.
RESPONSE EMAIL: (otunba_olemon04@walla.com)
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