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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: "bovebass" <bovebass@babbalu.com>
Reply-To: bovebass@hermail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:54:53 -0500
Subject: PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP
FROM THE DESK OF: ENGER BOVE BASS,
CHAIRMAN,CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE,N.N.P.C.
My Dear Friend,
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise since
it is coming from someone you don't know or everseen before.
But after due deliberation with my colleagues, I decided to
forward this business proposal. We want a reliable person
who could assist us to transfer the sum of
US$37.400,000(Thirty seven million,Four hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) into his or her Account.
This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contract
awarded by us under the budget allocation to my ministry and
the bill was approved for payment by the concerned
ministries. The contract was executed,commissioned and the
contractor was paid his actual cost of contract. We are left
with the balance of US$37.4M(Thirty seven million, four
hundred thousand United States dollars)as the over-invoiced
Amount which we have deliberately over estimated for our own
use but under our protocol division, civil servants are
forbidden to operate or own foriegn account. This is why I
contact you for assistance. We have agreed to share the
money as follows.
1. 20% for you accountowner)
2. 70% for us,
3. 10% for tax, as may be required by your Government.
As you may want to know and make you less curious, I got
your address from a reputable Large chamber of commerce and
industry and I am the executive chairman of the contract
Award committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation(NNPC).
This transaction is very much free from all sort of risk
hence this business was carefully planned before it was
successfully executed and we the NNPC officials involved in
the deal have put in many years of meritorious service to
our ministry. We have been exercing patience for this
opportunity for so long and for most of us this is a life
time opportunity we cannot afford to miss.
To get this fund into your account, we have to present an
international business outfit and consequent upon indication
of your interest to fully assist us in this transaction. You
are advised to furnish us with the following.
1) Your Private Telephone/Fax Numbers for easy
communication.
2) Your Full contact Address and Your Scan Passport.
This information will enable us seek approval of the fund
from the concerned quarters within three to four banking
days and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
payment information data will be faxed immediately to you
for completion. One of my colleagues and i involved in this
deal will come to your country to arrange for our share upon
confirmation from you that the money has hit your nominated
bank account. All these will only take us about fourteen
working days to transfer this fund into your account from
the day we receive the requirement.
Your line of business in this transaction does not
matter.Honesty and your ability to keep it secret and keep
our own safe when the money hits your account is what
matters.Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.
Best regards,
Enger Bove Bass.
Chairman Contract Award Committee, NNPC.
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