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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: "CHARLES SOLUDO" <sscharles09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cbn000@excite.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:19:11 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATELY CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.
FROM THE DESK OF THE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
PRIVATE EMAIL:cbn000@excite.com
ATTN SIR;
IMMEDIATELY CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.
From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the
federal government of Nigeria your name and company was discovered as next
on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their
payments.I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will
be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.Also note that from
my record in my file your outstanding contract payment is us$65.7 million
dollars(sixty five million seven hundred thousand united states
dollars).Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in
your record and also re-confirm to me the followings,
1)Your full name.
2)Phone, Fax and Mobile #.
3)Company name,Position and Address.
4)Profession, age and marital status.
5)Copy of int'l passport.
As soon as this informations are received, your payment will be made to
you in a certified bank draft or wired to your bank account diretly
from central bank of Nigeria and a copy will be given to you for you to take
to your bank and confirm it.
Get back to me on this;
e-mail.cbn000@excite.com
Regards,
Prof.Charles Soludo
Governor(CBN)
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