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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: "Valentine Nnamani" <valennam@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:16:51 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply

Dr. Valentine Nnamani,FCA
Head Audit Account
exco.,CRPN
Email:valennam@excite.com
Date:17/9/2005.

Dear sir

URGENT.TOP SECRET & CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr Valentine Nnamani,head of audit and account
of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporations(NNPC)
and also an executive member of the Contract Review
Panel of Nigeria.

I was to meet you in your country in the course of a
Government delegation presently in London, of which I
am a key member, however my intended plan to visit
your country was called off just this morning,
therefore I decided as an alternative to contact you
by email from London in the belief that on my return
to Nigeria,you would have already received this
letterand responded.

I am soliciting for your assistant and corporation on
a business transaction which I consider as confidential
and top secret. You were recommended to me through a
reliable source who assured me in confidence of your honesty and
reliability to prosecute a genuine business transaction.
We are interested in foreign investments outside 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.

Because as top Civil Servants, We have already
declared our assets, hence my bank accounts is being monitored and I can not
open a new account, because we are
forbidden to do so until after our tenure as civil
servants. The source of this fund is as follows: During the
Regime of our former Military Head of State, General
Abulsalami Abubakar(1998-1999) some government officials set
upcompanies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over
invoiced in various Ministries. The present Democratic Government set up a
Contract Review Panel
and we have identified a lot of over invoiced contract
funds which are presently floating in the Central Bank
of Nigeria.

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$30,000,000.00 (Thirty
Million,US Dollars). Hence I am writing you this mail.
We have agreed to share the money thus:

1. 60% for us (the officials)
2. 30% for the account owner (you)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local
and foreign expenses.

It is from this 60% that we wish to commence solid
business investment,please note that this
transaction is 100% safe and free from any troubles
from the Nigerian Government. We hope to commence the
transfer latest in ten (10) Banking working days from the date of
receipt of the following information's by e-mail
your banker's name and address, account number & name
confidential phone and fax number.

The above information will enable us write letters of
claims and job description respectively. This way we
will use your company's name to apply for payments and
re-award the contract in your company's name. We are
looking forward to doing business with you and solicit
your confidentiality in this transaction .

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter by sending me a
mail and I will bring you into the complete picture
of this pending project when I have heard from you.

Thanks in Anticipation.

Please send your reply to:valennam@excite.com

Best regards

Dr.Valentine Nnamani,GCON

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