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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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From: "alex ani" <alexani200@msn.com>
Reply-To: alexani200@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 00:28:31 +0000
Subject: urgent reply
I am the Chairman of the Contract Award Committee of the Petroleum and
Natural Resources Ministry here in Nigeria[NNPC], for security reasons, I
may not wish to disclose how I got your email address for now.
After due deliberation with my partner, I decided to forward to you this
business proposal, we want you to assist us receive the sum of
Twenty eight million, six hundred thousand United States Dollars
(US$28.6m) into your account. This funds resulted from an over-invoiced
contract awarded by us under the budget allocation to my ministry and the
bill was approved for payment by the concerned ministries. The contract was
executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid his actual cost of the
contract. Now, we are left with the balance of us28.6m as the over invoiced
amount, which we have deliberately over estimated for our own use. Please
note that the law forbids civil servants to operate or own foreign accounts
hence this contact, we have agreed to share the money in the following
percentages: 30 for you, 60 for us 10 for tax as may be required by your
government.
Note that this transaction is very much free from all sorts of risk hence
the business was carefully planned before it was successfully executed and
we the officials involved in the deal have put many years in service to our
ministry. We have been exercising patience for this privilege for so long
not until the presidential announcement last week that all foreign
contractors owed be paid forthwith, this will enable the presidential tax
force reconcile our debt ratio with the outside world especially now that we
are begging for dept forgiveness from our foreign creditors.To most of us
involved in this deal its a life time blessing we cannot afford to miss.
Upon indication of your interest to fully co-operate with us, a payment
application/information form will be sent to you via email for completion.
Note that the following information: a) bankers name and address, b) account
number and account name and c) your private phone number and email address
will enable us seek/secure approval of the fund from the concerned
government quarters/ministries within 3-4 banking days.
As soon as we confirm receipt of this money in your nominated bank account,
my partner and I will come over to your country to arrange for our own share
and possibly invest part of this money in your country.
Let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction. I shall
furnish you with some details about myself. Your prompt reply will be highly
appreciated.
Best regards.
alex ani
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