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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <centbank002@msn.com>
Reply-To: paymentunit4@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:56:57 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
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CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIATINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA[OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA.
TEL: +234-1-436-0737, Fax: +234-1-7596105
EMAIL:paymentunit3@yahoo.comDATE-09-11- 2005
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR (CBN)
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/05IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/0019.
ATTN: Contractor,
Compliment of the day,I am Prof Charles Soludo, The newly
appointed Governor of central bank of Nigeria.From the
records of outstanding contractors due for Payment with
the Federal Government of Nigeria, your Name and company
was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding
contractors who have not yet received their payments.
I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed
and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this
letter. Be advised that because of two many
contractors due for payment at this first and last quarter
of the year, you will only receive the sum of US$20, 000,000,
(Twenty Million United States Dollars Only), so as to
enable us pay other contractors, but my promise is that I
will make sure you receive your balance later.
Kindly re-confirm to me the followings information:
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
Upon the reconfirmation of the above information, your
payment will be released to you in a certified bank draft or
wired to your nominated bank account directly from Central
Bank of Nigeria. You can call me on my telephone number as
soon as you receive this email for further details.
Regards,
Prof. Charles Soludo. Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
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