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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: "jacob williams" <jacobwilliams380@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jawills@walla.com
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:24:27 -0900
Subject: RE CAN WE?

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
FOREIGN CONTRACTORS PAYMENT HOUSE
GARKI-ABUJA, NIGERIA
DIRECT LINE: 234 806 028 9327



CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT


Mr. Jacob Williams head of the newly set up panel called FORIEGN CONTRACTOR
PAYMENT HOUSE (F.C.P.H) I use to work under the federal ministry of
housing/works before I was appointed member and head of the
above-mentioned committee.The committee was set up and inaugurated by Mr.
president cause he was mandated by WORLD BANK SWITZERLAND to make sure all
foreign contractors
who did execute their contract during the military era in FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF NIGERIA are paid. This was condition to Mr. president before the PARIS
CLUB could agree to our country’s just signed debt relief.



In brief, there is an over-invoiced contract sum of US$17,500,000.00
(Seventeen million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars only)
awaiting payment to a foreign contractor. I inflated the original
contract sum to make this difference, which the original contractor has been
paid upon last week leaving this amount, which my colleagues and I have
worked out perfect modalities to transfer into your account without any
impending risk. This US$17.5M is now waiting to be transferred to the
Sub-Contractor which I will now purport your company to be so that you can
receive the
money on our behalf.Your area of specialty does not matter, as we shall
present you as the Sub-Contractor to the original who executed the contract.



Hence you have rendered this assistance in good faith to a success, we
will offer you 30% while 60% will be for me and my colleague, 10% will be
set aside for re imbursement of the expenses incurred on both sides
according to the percentage input.We need your urgent response to this
confidential letter, so send me an
email or fax letter before we open up a more corporate communication. Before
we embark on this huge transaction; we need to reach an agreement
ofNon-Circumvention,Non-Disclosure.

Anticipating your prompt response at my private Email:
jawills@walla.com
and May God bless us.

No signature attached until we agree to go into this partnership.


SINCERELY

JACOB WILLIAMS

THE CHAIRMAN,

FORIEGN CONTRACTOR PAYMENT HOUSE (F.C.P.H)

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