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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: "DR. OSCAR CORDOBA" <oscarcordoba20005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: oscarcordoba@k.ro
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:33:42 +0000
Subject: assistance for urgent money transfer into your account
FROM THE DESK OF DR OSCAR CORDOBA
DIRECTOR, FUNDS CO-ORDINATOR
FINANCE/CONTRACT DEPARTMENT OF
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (N.N.PC).
V/ISLAND, LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
EMAIL:oscarcordoba20001@yahoo.com
ATTN: CEO/MD,
RE: CONTRACT NO: NNPC/PED/401/2004
I am the Director, Funds Coordinator of the Finance/Contract Department of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
My office is also saddled with the responsibility of screening,
categorization and prioritization of projects embarked upon by NNPC as well
as feasibility studies for selected projects and supervising the projects
consultants involved. A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office
as at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2004 indicates that the NNPC
paid out a whooping sum of US$736M (Seven Hundred and Thirty Six Million,
United States Dollars) to successful contract beneficiaries. The NNPC is
now compiling beneficiaries to be paid at the second fiscal quarter of 2005.
The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of the NNPC
deliberately over-inflated the contract value of the various contracts
awarded. In the course of disbursement, this department has been able to
track down the sum of US$40.5M (Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars) as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and floating in
the NNPC domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I and
my colleagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominate
foreign account for possible investment abroad, this is the reason why I
contacted you.
We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign
account because of our status as civil/public servants. Hence the need to
solicit for your full Banking details to enable us Transfer this money into
your account on Swift Code.
We have also evolved a sharing formula as follows:-
(1)30% for the foreign account owner (2) 60% for l and my colleagues
(3)10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and
internationally during the course of this transaction.
Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to
investment of our share. Be informed that, this business is genuine and
100% safe considering the high powered government officials involved.
Send by Email attached the following information:-
(1)YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS, BANK NAME, ADDRESS AND ACCOUNT NUMBER
(2)YOUR TELEPHONEAND FAX NUMBER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
This is to affect the Swift Transfer of this fund into your account in less
than Seven (7) working days.
Please reply immediately through my email address;
oscarcordoba20001@yahoo.com
While looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you.
Sincerely,
DR OSCAR CORDOBA
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