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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: "Dr Edwin Abba" <dredwinabbaa1@msn.com>
Reply-To: dredwinabba10@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:51:19 +0000
Subject: from HON. Dr. EDWIN ABBA

HON. Dr. EDWIN ABBA.
Director Gen, Foreign Affairs Ministry.

ForeignAffairs Ministry Complex 23/12/2005
Wuse- Abuja-Nigeria.
Profilepage:http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/ministries/foreignminister.htm
Sir,
Re:PAYMENT AUTHENTICATION.
I am HON. Dr. EDWIN ABBA, Director Gen. ForeignAffairs Ministry; my office
monitors and controls the affairs of allbanks and financial institutions in
Nigeria concerned with foreigncontract payments. I am the final signatory to
any transfer orremittance of huge funds moving within banks both on the
local andinternational levels in line to foreign contracts settlement.
I havebefore me list of funds, which could not be transferred to
somenominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either asghost
accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. I write topresent
you to the federal government that you are among the peopleexpecting the
funds to be transferred into their account, on this note;I wish to have a
deal with you as regards to the unpaid certifiedcontract funds. I have every
files before me and the data\'s will be tochange to your name to enable you
receive the fund into your nominatedbank account as the beneficiary of the
fund\'s amount $20 MillionU.S.D.
As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplusfunds to the
Federal Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts asunclaimed deposits, I
have the opportunity to write you based on theinstructins i received 2 days
ago from the Senate Committee on ContractPayments /Foreign Debts to submit
the List of payment reports
/expenditures and audited reports of revenues. Among several others, Ihave
decided to remit this sum following my idea that we have adeal/agreement and
I am going to do this legally.
MY CONDITIONS.
1.You will give me 35% of your contract funds as soon as you confirm it
inyour designated bank account..
2. This deal must be kept secretforever, and all correspondence will be
strictly by email / telephone,for security purposes.
3. There should be no third parties as mostproblem associated with your fund
release are caused by your agents orrepresentative. If you AGREE with my
conditions, l advise you on what todo immediately and the transfer will
commence without delay as I willproceed to fix your name on the Payment
schedule instantly to meet thethree days mandate. I hope you don\'t reject
this offer and have thefunds transferred.
Waiting for your reply soon.

Yours Sincerely.

HON. Dr. EDWIN ABBA
(Director Gen, Foreign Affairs Ministry.)
Theinformation in this message and in any attachments, containsconfidential
information and is intended solely for the attention anduse of the addressee

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