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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: "MUSA BELLO" <musa08_bello@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: musa01_nnpc@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:19:48 -0800
Subject: YOUR CO-OPERATION
FROM:DR MUSA BELLO
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX (ANNEX)FALOMON-LAGOS
TEL:234 80 57 894 704
PERMISSION TO REMIT US $30 MILLION INTO YOUR COMPANY OR PRIVATE ACCOUNT.
It is my pleasure to write and inform you of a transaction involving the
transfer of $30M(THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) only into a
foreign account for safekeeping pending my arrival with my colleagues for
the sharing with you as the account owner into which the money is remitted.
I am an accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),
Lagos and this money originated from over-invoiced contract executed for the
corporation some years back. This contract has long been completed by a
foreign firm and the contractor duly paid. I now seek if you would permit
the surplus to be remitted into your account. As a matter of fact, we are
top government officials and we cannot come out openly to claim this amount.
This is why we are looking for a competent and honest company or individual
abroad whose documents would be tendered by us here in Nigeria as one of the
contractors that executed the project.
However, I would wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not
sit on the money when it goes into your account. More importantly, you keep
confidential this transaction, in order not to tarnish the confidence repose
in the officials involved in this transaction. To effect this transfer, I
therefore request the following: YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE NAME OF YOUR BANK.
WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO AND ALSO YOUR PRIVATE FAX AND
TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR QUICK COMMUNICATION.
So far, after due consultations, you were strongly and reliably recommended
to us although we have not met or entered into any kind of contract with you
before as to know the extent of your honesty, but based on the
recommendations, I personally want to believe that you are honest enough and
would not sit on the money if finally got into your account. It is on this
note that I consider it proper to write you asking for your permission and
support to transfer this amount into your account. You should not fear any
risk because we have concluded arrangement to save guide you in the
transaction. This business is 100% risk free. Hence it requires high level
of confidence and secrecy. Meanwhile this is the breakdown of the sharing
modalities: (A). 5% WILL BE USED TO SETTLE TRANSFER CHARGES AND LEGAL
PROTOCOLS. (B). 30% IS FOR USING YOUR ACCOUNT. (C). 65% OF IT WILL BE FOR US
THE ORIGINATORS.
Be informed that on completion of this business I will use part of my money
to invest in your country under your care. Please note that the transfer
operation will take seven to ten working days to be completed. Please
contact me by the above e-mail .
Thanks.
Dr Musa Bello
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