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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: "Sanni Ahmed" <sanni4ahmed2002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sanniprivate@myway.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:23:24 +0000
Subject: Very comfidential/transaction letter.

Very comfidenmtial/transaction letter.

Sir.


This letter might come as a surprise to you especially since we have never
met or discuss before. Basically, the message might sound strange but it is
factual in reality if only you care to know. The truth is that I should
have notified you first through a more confidential means, (even if it's at
least to respect your integrity) please accept my humble apologies if i had
caught you unawares, i frankly do not mean any harm in passing my message.

We are members of the Special Committee for Budget and Planning of the
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. This committee is principally
concernedwith contract appraisal and the approval of contract in order of
priorities as regards capital projects of
the federal excutive government of Nigeria with our positions we have
successfully secured for ourselves the sum of Twenty million five hundred
thousand dollars (US$20.5M) the amount was accumulated from the over
invoice.

Hence, together with some of the top officials of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Finance. We plan to
transfer this amount of money Twenty million five hundred thousand dollars
(US$20.5M) into an overseas account by awarding a non existing contract from
my ministry (NNPC). To this effect i decided to contact you and ask for your
assistance.

What we need from you sir, is to provide a very vital account in which the
funds will be transferred. My colleagues and I have agreed to compensate the
owner of the account used for this transaction with 25% of the total amount
remitted. We shall keep 73% and remaining 2% reserved for taxes and other
miscellaneous expenses.

Finally, the confidence and trust reposed on you cannot be over emphasised.
Therefore, you are to keep this deal to yourself confidentially. Calibre of
personnels involved are men in government.So cannot effort to loose our
respective reputation to our dear country if jeopardise by you.

Contact me urgently through the above e-mail no with your detail
information.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Dr Sanni Ahmed.
CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD & MONITORING COMMITTEE

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