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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: "Ahmed Bello" <bello22@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: dr_bello22@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:19:17 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF:Dr.Ahmed Bello Jnr.(P.hd)
FROM THE DESK OF:Dr.Ahmed Bello Jnr.(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 itwill 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.Ahmed
Bello , 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 onstruction 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) forus 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 emaining 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
andconfidentiality.
(c). That upon receipt of the funds, you will promptly release ourshare
(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 aboutyourself
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 apppreciated 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. Ahmed Bello Jnr.
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