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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: idi774@skymail.fr
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:27:57 +0200
Subject: Funds for Investments in Swiss
Tel: 234-802-764-045 {24 HOURS}
Email: idi@tsamail.co.za
Dear Sir/Madam
I am the chairman of the Contract Award Committee of the
Oil ministry herein Nigeria, for security reasons, I may
wish to disclose that I got your email address from a
reliable source.
After due deliberation with my partner, I decided to
forward to you this business, we want you to assist us
receive the sum of Twenty Eight Million, Six Hundred
Thousand
United state bills(US$28.6m) into your account. This fund
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 US$28.6m 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 presidency reconcile our debt ratio with
the outside world and to most of us, this is a lifetime
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.
Engr. Idi Adams
Worldbank Assisted Grants
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