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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: "NNPC Committee" <nnpccommitee@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:44:12 +0000
Subject: Good day sir

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PETROLEUM AND PROJECT DIVISION

ATTN: DEAR SIR,

This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form,
rather is compelled to contact your esteemed self, following the knowledge
of your high repute and trustworthiness.

Please I want you to patiently read this my offer and make up your mind
whether you will accept it or not. I am kingsley Chukwuemeka and I head a
seven man tender board in charge of contract awards and payment approvals, I
came to know of you in search of a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very confidential business transaction which involves the transfer of a huge
sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. My
colleagues and I are top officials of the MAINTENANCE OF THE REFINERIES IN
ALL THE DESIGNATED NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION {NNPC}. OUR DUTIES
INCLUDE VETTING, EVALUATION AND FORESEEING THE OIL PIPELINES. We are
therefore soliciting for your assistance to enable us transfer into your
account the said funds. Our country losses a lot of money everyday that is
why the international community is very careful and warning their citizens
to be careful but I tell you A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU.

The source of the fund is as follows; during the last military regime here
in Nigeria this committee awarded a contract of US$400million to a group of
five construction companies on behalf of the NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION for the construction of the oil pipelines in Kaduna, Port
Harcourt, Warri refineries. During this process my colleagues and I
deliberately inflated the total contract sum to the tune US$428million with
the intention of sharing the inflated sum of US$28million. The government
has since approved the sum of US$428million for us as the contract sum, but
since the contract is only worth US$400million, the remaining US$28million
is what we intend to transfer to reliable and safe offshore account, we are
prohibited to operate foreign account in our names since we are still in
government. Thus, making it impossible for us to acquire the money in our
name right now, I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust by my
colleagues to look for an oversea partner into whose account we can transfer
the sum of US$28million. My colleagues and I have decided that if you/your
company can be the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your
company will retain 20% of the total sum US$28million while 75% will be for
us the officials and remaining 5% will be used for offsetting all
debts/expenses incurred during this transaction.

We have decided that this transaction can only proceed under the following
conditions:
a.That you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
and conviction of your transparent honesty.

b.That upon the receipt of the funds you will release the funds as
instructed by us after you have removed your share of 20%.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above telephone and
fax numbers. I will bring you into the nomenclature of this transaction when
I have heard from you. Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we
catching on the next payment schedule for the financial quarter. Please be
assured that this transaction is 100% legal/risk free, only trust can make
the reality of this transaction.Please send your reply to my confidential
email:

kingsleychukwuemeka@uk2.net

Best Regards,

Dr Kingsley Chukwuemeka

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