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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: "Patrick Attah" <info@patrickattah.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:47:15 +0000
Subject: YOUR PART PAYMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FACT FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES
TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA
MOBILE:234-802-4589662
E-mail: patrickattah01@hotmail.com
ATTN: MORRIS,
DATE: 11/10/2005
I am Rev. Patrick Attah a senior staff with the central bank of Nigeria
(CBN). In the nutshell I and
two of my department staffs noticed some irregularities in your payment
file,we found out within our computer networks that you had not received
your last phase instalmental payment due to
the people you called your partners and purpported sister company here in
nigeria. There’s two security proof boxes inside our bank vault
section in the central bank ,In furtherance I asked the officer in charge
of the section to be involved in this transaction and after he will
receive a compensation from you.and we know that according to information
gathered from the bank computer that you had been waiting for a long time to
receive your contract payment without success. And now as I have found out
that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in respect of your
payment but because of little miscalculation and interest group in the
computer section every payment were pending but we can arrange to pay to you
a part payment Now as I have known the delay I assured to help send the
two boxes which it’s contents were physical cash of $10 Million
U.S.A. Dollars to your designated Address if you agree to compensate I and
my colleagues with $500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand U.S.A. Dollars only,
when the transaction is concluded effectively. You are required to write a
promissory note on that regards and send it to me along with your private
address where you want to receive the boxes.
In addition, I will send the boxes to you through international courier
service which my diplomat friend disclosed to me as the best courier
company. The courier company has diplomatic immunity to carry diplomatic
cargoes. The company are not check by the customs anywhere in the world. The
name is noble diplomatic security courier service (NDSCS). I will meet them
as soon as I have your go ahead order to send you the $10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million U.S.A. Dollars) cash via courier service. The diplomat friend
promised to help us secure the necessary papers required to avoid any
problem.
Now for security reasons do not disclose to anybodyabout this method of
payment until you receive cash at your door step, because it may cause a lot
of eyebrows if it is discovered we use this method.
Sequel to my saying I will send you the keys to open the boxes both the
outer and inner security code lock through another courier company, this is
to avoid tampering in any transit Airport. I wait your immediate response.
Yours faithfully,
Rev Patrick Attah
Director ( Fact Finding And Special Duties cbn )
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