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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: williams adams <williamsadams_3@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:23:20 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND
MR.WILLIAMS ADAMS
F.M.A. IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you through your box due to the urgency of this transaction.Your contact address got to me via export promotion
Council, you reliability and trustworthiness in business transaction was the main Conviction that compelled me to solicit for your support in this deal. I am the financial controller of the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AVIATION (F.M.A) Lagos, Nigeria and secretary to the contract Award Committee of my Ministry.
The amount involved is TWELVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (USD$12,500,000.00). This is as a result of> over inflated amount of a contract. The contract has been already executed and the original Contractor had collected
his full and final payment. In as much as this contract was awarded to a foreigner and the Payment is in U.S dollars, we now need a foreigner firm that will present itself as the contractor for this amount of TWELVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (USD$12,500,000.00) and then the fund will be transferred into your account. Since we do not want to use the original Contractor in applying for the payment, because the contractor is not aware of this Over-Invoiced Sum. Some of my colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as the bonafide owner of these funds so that the funds (USD$12,500,000.00 )would be released and paid into your account as the original Contractor of the funds Therefore, I as the Financial Controller I was told to write you by my colleagues and see the success of the Remittance Immediately.
As soon as we acknowledged this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we will furnish you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any conflict If this proposal is acceptable by you do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you, then kindly get to me immediately. Please furnish me with your most confidential Telephone and Fax Numbers, signify your intentions
immediately through this E-MAIL ADDRESS:- You will however be required to furnish us with these necessary informations. This information will enable us put APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the release of this money from concerned Government Agencies and this transaction will only last for TEN WORKING DAYS. For your assistance,we have agreed that the fund will be shared as follows:- You as the account owner should have 30% and 60% for me and my colleagues while 10% has been mapped out for miscellaneous expenses that might be incurred by both parties, locally and international.
Best regards,
MR WILLIAMS ADAMS
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