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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?olatunji=20allen?= <olatunjiallen1@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: olatunjiallen1@myway.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:37:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM: OLATUNJI KELVIN ALLEN {SOLICITING FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS}.
Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: olatunjiallen1@yahoo.de
FROM: OLATUNJI KELVIN ALLEN
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC),
P.o. Box 256 Victoria Island Lagos,
Nigerian
DEAR SIR,
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS MAIL TO YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING TO READ AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY NAME IS MR. OLATUNJI KELVIN ALLEN, I AM A DIRECTOR IN THE MINISTRY OF NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) I HAVE THIS DEAL OF AN OVER INVOICED SUM OF US$86 MILLION PURPOSELY CARVED OUT FOR OUR PERSONAL USAGE FROM AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT IN MY MINISTRY.
IT WILL BE MY UTMOST INTEREST TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF THE PARTNERS TO PROCESS THE DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THE FUND RELEASED TO YOU AS THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR THAT OWN THE FUND.
THE TRANSACTION WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL LEGAL BACKING THAT IS GIVEN TO AN EXECUTED CONTRACT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RISK INVOLVED. IT IS 100% RISK FREE. EVERY ARRANGEMENTS TOWARDS IT SUCCESSFULL PROCESSING HAVE BEEN PERFECTED.
OUR POSITION AS A CIVIL SERVANT HERE IN NIGERIA DOES NOT PERMIT US TO RUN A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND ALSO ASSISTANCE IN FINANCING THE PROCESSING.
THE SHARING RATIO IS AS FOLLOWS; 48% FOR YOU, 50% FOR ME WHILE 2% IS TEMPORARILY MAPPED OUT TO SETTLE EVERY EXPENSES AFTER THE TRANSACTION AND THE REMAINING BALANCE FROM THE EXPENSES WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY.
TO COMMENCE THE PROCESSING, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND THE FOLLOWINGS: (A) YOUR FULL NAMES AND COMPANY NAME, (B) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED TO, (C) YOUR TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.
AWAIT YOUR REPLY.
REGARDS,
MR. OLATUNJI K. ALLEN.
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