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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: "charles soludo" <profcsoludo_cbn1@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 05:48:52 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
--FROM:THE OFFICE OF
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)
MARINA LAGOS ISLAND
NIGERIA.
Emai:profcsoludo2005@myway.comATTENTION:HONOURABLE CONTRACTORIMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!. CONTRACT #:
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009WE APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT AND ALL THE INCONVENIENCES
WE MIGHT HAVE PUT YOU THROUGH, MEAN WHY WE WERE HAVING SOME MINOR PROBLEMS
WITH OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM WHICH IN ALL CASE NOT MEETING UP WITH FOREIGN
PAYMENT?S,WE APOLOGIES ONCE AGAIN.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
RELEASE TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER.ALSO NOTE THAT FROM MY
RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRACT PAYMENT IS
US$20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS), WHICH HAS BEEN
PROCCESSED TO BE PAID IMMEDIATELY THROUGH A CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT/CHEQUE TO
YOU.
KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS:
1) YOUR FULL NAME.
2) PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.
3) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS.
4) WORKING I?D/INT'L PASSPORT.
5) BANK NAME AND ADDRESS
6) BANK ACCOUNT AND ROUTINE NUMBERAS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO
YOU IN A CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OR WIRED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT
DIRECTLY FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL.FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION AND GET BACK TO ME ON THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS:
profcsoludo2005@myway.comBEST REGARDS,
PROFESSOR. CHARLES C.SOLUDO
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DIRECT LINES: 234-802-761-1508.
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