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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: "sule ciroma" <suleciroma1@msn.com>
Reply-To: ciromasule@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:09:21 +0000
Subject: A VERY GOOD DAY TO YOU.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Good day,
We are members of the "Tenders Committee"appointed by the Federal
Government of Nigeria for Contract Awards/Approvals in Nigeria.Our duties
include evaluation,vetting approvals for payment of contract executed for
the country.On the 10th of January,2001,this committee awarded a contract of
$611.5Million United States Dollars to the consortium of Abb
lummus,J.G.C.Corporation of Japan,Bouygues Offshore and Fouguerolle, for an
engineering,procurement and construction work in Nigeria.My colleagues and I
decided to inflate the contract sum to the tune of $611.5M with the
intention of sharing $61.15M being 10% of the total contract sum` amongst
ourselves.The Federal Government of Nigeria has since approved the sum
of$611.5M for the concerned foreign companies as full payment for the
contract executed.But since each of the companies has received their
entitlements,we intend to transfer the remaining $61.15M abroad into a safe
and reliable account to be disbursed amongst ourselves.
My colleagues and I have agreed that if your company can act as the
beneficiary of this fund($61.15M) you and your company will retain 25% of
the total amount while 70% will be for us and the remaining 5% will be used
to offset any expenses incurred by both sides during the course of the
transfer.It took us two years to finetune all the preparations for this
transaction to meet all legal and instrative requirements in Nigeria and
those of International Arbitration.It is imperative that this transaction is
carried out within the shortest banking period,taking into cognizance the
present existence of a new regime whose policy may affect this secretly
dormant funds.
Therefore,we require from you the following by fax:
1.Your company name and address
2.Bank name and address
3.Account number/account name.
4.Your telephone/fax numbers and any other relevant information you may
consider helpful.With the above information,we will use your company
name to re-award the contract,put up the letters of claims and apply for
payment.
Please be informed that the personalities involved in this transaction
are Top and influential government functionaries who will not like any form
of exposure and as such would want you to keep this business highly
confidential.Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free on both
sides.
We are looking forward to doing this business with
you.Please,acknowledge the recript of this letter using this email in
repling me with a title"BUSINESS ONLY" while maintaining maximum
confidentiality.
I shall bring you into the complete picture of this transaction on
receipt of your response.
Yours faithfully,
Sule Ciroma
Chairman,Contract Award Committee.
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