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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: "IBRAHIM WAZIRI" <ibrahim_waziri007@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibrahim_waziri777@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:15:18 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED
--ATTN:THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST TO GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION. I AM ENGR. IBRAHIM WAZIRI, A DIRECTOR WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 15,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.
THE MONEY ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.I WILL OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEPING AND INVESTMENT.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN-MRS. KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH PHONE NUMBER:81-9085437498.WHEN THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT IN JAPAN,SHE SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE.
HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IS OF HIGH DEMAND. HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: (ibrahim_waziri777@yahoo.com) YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER, PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.
THANKS.YOURS TRULY,BEST REGARDS,ENGR. IBRAHIM WAZIRI.
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