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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: "Donald Coker" <donald@nnpcawardcommittee.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:27:36 -0700
Subject: PARTNERSHIP
DR.DONALD COKER.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
FED.MINISTRY OF PETROLUEM REOURCES(F.M.P.R)
LAGOS NIGERIA.
DEAR FRIEND,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE- STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr.Donald Coker, an accountant in the Ministry
of petroleum Resources(MPR) and a member of a
seven-man Tender Board in charge of contract review
and payment approvals.
I came to know of you in my search for a reliable
person to handle a very confidential transaction that
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a
foreign account. It may sound strange but exercise
patience and read on. There were series of contracts
executed by a Consortium Multinational in the Oil industry in favor of Ministry
of Petroleum Resources among which were:
1. The extension of pipeline network within Nigeria
for crudeoil, Down stream products distribution and subsequent
evacuation- US$ 195 Million.
2. Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
the various refineries in the country~ US$ 152 Million.
3. The construction of storage tanks for petroleum
products (Depots)~US$240 Million.
The original values of this contract were deliberately
over invoiced to the sum of US $15.5million American
Dollars which has now been approved and is now ready
to be transferred being that the companies that
actually executed these contracts has been fully paid and
project officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount to your Account for
subsequent disbursement since we are Civil Servant and
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau ( Civil
Servant Laws) from opening/ operating foreign account
in our names.
Needless to say, the trust posed on you at this
juncture is enormous.In return, we have agreed to offer you 20% of the
transferred sum while 10% shall be set aside for accidental expenses
(Internal & External) between the parties in the course of the transfer. We
will mandate you to draw up an investment plan for us of which you will
control since we cannot bring our shares back to Nigeria. We are
very interested in investing in real estate in your country.
You must however note that this transaction is
subjected to the following terms and conditions:
1. Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence.
2. That you would treat this transaction with utmost
secrecy and confidentiality because of the
circumstances we now find ourselves.
3. That the funds would be transferred to an account
over which you have absolute control.
Modalities have been worked out at the highest level
of the presidency at the Central Bank of Nigeria for
the immediate transfer of the funds within 14 working
days, subject to your satisfaction of the above stated
terms. Our assurance is that your role is 100% risk
free. To accord this transaction, the legality it
deserves and for mutual security of the parties
involved and the funds, the whole approval procedures
will be officially and legally processed with your
name or the name of your company you may nominate as the bonafide beneficiary.
Also, be informed that our main reason of contacting
you is for the obvious reason that we will want to
invest these funds in the real estate. It is our
believe that you can be of immense help in this
regards.
Kindly expedite action so as to enable us include this
transaction into this batch as payment to foreign
contractors is usually carried out on quarterly basis.
Please, contact me as soon as possible.
BEST REGARDS,
Dr. Donald Coker.
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