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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: "Adeshina Man" <adeshina003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: adeshina@slucia.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:39:21 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT MANAGER PORTFOLIO
Dear Sir,
I am an Administrative Staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), I represent a high placed members of finance sector of the
corporation, I have been mandated to sought a services as Investment Manager
to the sum of $32,000,000.00, this amount represent an over invoiced amount
of money from a contract awarded to an American Oil exploration company, the
company has since been paid in 2002 leaving the over invoiced amount. The
group that I am representing are in charge of the accounts and finance
section including the auditing department and have perfected all documents
to back up the payment as to avoid any trace whatsoever which makes the
transaction 100% risk free.
My request is your assistance in receiving this $32,000,000.00 using one of
your most secured accounts that is able to carry this money and thereafter
you invest it for a period of 2 years. You would be entitled to 25% of the
total fund in question as the fund manager while 5% will be set aside for
any sundry expenses incurred by both parties in the course of this
transaction. Trustworthiness and confidentially should be our watch word so
as to protect their highly exalted positions without denting their image and
person; I will need your assurance and maximum co-operation.
A working agreement paper would be drafted to this effect and signed by both
parties before the processing of the payment via the relevant authorities
and subsequent transfer of the payment into the account that you would
provide for this purpose.
If this is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that we can work out
the procedure for the execution of this transaction. Please DO NOT bother to
respond if you are not interested, reach me strictly via this e-mail:
adeshina@slucia.com indicate your address and private mobile telephone
number for easy communication.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Adeshina Gbenga
adeshina@slucia.com
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