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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: "Usman Abubakar" <usman_abubakar@msn.com>
Reply-To: usabubakar@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:13:01 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF:Dr.USMAN ABUBAKAR(P.hd)
FROM THE DESK OF:Dr.USMAN ABUBAKAR(P.hd)
Director, Project Implementation
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
Falomo Office Complex, Ikoyi-Lagos.
Dear friend,
Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality in this
transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL
and
TOP SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will
be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you first by
your email due to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been
reliably informed that it will take at least two to three weeks for a
normal post to reach you. So we decided it is best using the email. We are
at a risk if you reveal our motive in this regard,because we hope that
you might help us complete the business and invest the money in your
country,your support in this transaction will be highly appreciated.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you.
I am Dr.Usman Abubakara , a director general in the Petroleum Ministry and I
head a
five-man tender board in charge of Contracts Awards and payment Approvals. I
came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle a very confidential business transaction which involves the
transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum
confidence. I and my colleagues are top officials of the Federal Government
Contract Review and Award Panel. Our duties include evaluation,
vetting, approval for payment of contract jobs done for the Petroleum
Ministry, etc. In order to commence this business, we solicit for your
assistance to enable us transfer into your accounts the said funds.The
source
of this funds is as follows :
During the last military regime here in Nigeria, this committee awarded
a contract of US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States
Dollars) to five construction firms on behalf of the Petroleum Ministry
for the supply, construction and installation of Oil Pipeline from Warri
to PortHarcourt. During this process my colleagues and I decided
amongst ourselves to deliberately over-inflate the total contract sum to
US$445,500,000.00 (Four Hundred and Fourty Five Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) with the main intention of sharing the
remaining sum of US$45,500,000.00 (Fourty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) amongst ourselves.
Federal Government of Nigeria has since approved the sum of
US$445,500,000.00 (Four Hundred and Fourty Five Million, Five Hundred
Thousand
United States Dollars) for us as the contract sum, and the sum of
US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States Dollars) has also been
paid to the foreign contractors concerned as contract entitlements for
the contract done, but since each of the companies is entitled to
US$80,000,000.00 only, we are now left with US$45,500,000.00 balance in the
account which we intend to transfer abroad into a safe and reliable
account to be disbursed amongst ourselves, but by virtue of our positions as
civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot do this by
ourselves, as we are prohibited by the ?Code of Conduct Bureau? (Civil
Service
Laws) from opening / operating foreign accounts in our names, making it
impossible for us to acquire the money in our names. I have, therefore,
been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the panel to
look
for an overseas partner into whose account we would transfer the sum
of US$45,500,000.00 (fourty one Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars), hence we are writing you this letter.
My colleagues and I have agreed that if your company can act as the
beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your company will retain
20% of the total amount of US$45,500,000.00 (fourty one Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), while 70% will be for us (members
of this panel) and the remaining 10% will be used in offsetting all
debts/expenses incurred (both local and foreign) in the cause of this
transfer. Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is
enormous. In return we demand your complete honesty and trust. You must
however, Note that this transaction will be strictly based on the
following terms and conditions as we have stated below:
(a). Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.
(b). That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality.
(c). That upon receipt of the funds, you will promptly release our
share (70%) on demand after you have removed your 20% and all expenses have
been settled.
(d). You must be ready to produce us with enough information about
yourself to put our minds at rest.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free and we
hope to conclude the business in Seven Bank working days from the date
of receipt of the necessary information and requirement from you.
Endeavour to acknowledge the receipt of this letter using my
email address. I will bring you into the complete picture of the
transaction when I have heard from you. Your urgent response will be highly
appreciated as we are already behind schedule for this financial
quarter. Thank you and God bless.
Please send me your tel/fax numbers.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Usman Abubakar
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