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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: KEN ADESUYI <ken_adesuyi2002@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:45:20 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
DR.KEN.ADESUYI
DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT,
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (N.N.P.C)
PRIVATE EMAIL: ken_adesuyi@accountant.com

ATTN:PRESIDENT/CEO,
TRANSFER OF $28,600,000:00 (TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS) ONLY.

I got your contact from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Following this and other investigations resulting in a good recommendation. We have decided to contact you to help us with the legal Transfer of US$28,600,000.00 (Twenty-Eight Million Six hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The amount stated above resulted from an over-invoiced contract executed for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C.) for which the contractors have been fully paid. Because this money was part of the overall contract sum amounting to close to (US$100,000,000:00) that has been completed.
The said amount has remained dormant and floating in our Apex Bank. Therefore, we will raise supplementary documents to enable us transfer into an account that is yet to be nominated. We need a foreign partner, because as civil servants, the code of conduct does not allow us to operate foreign bank accounts. Hence we solicit for your assistance, we are requesting you to provide us with the help for the safekeeping of this money until our arrival in your country to collect our share and decide on investment possibilities of this money which you may advice,
For your assistance in this transaction, we have unanimously agreed to offer you 25% of this money, 5% will be used in settling any incidental expenses that may arise after the fund must have been transferd to your nominated bank account and the remaining amount will be for us. To enable the prompt transfer of this money, kindly send to us your personal details, contact information & bank details in full.
We look forward to hearing from you and thanking you for your anticipated cooperation and consideration in the above subject matter. Please be informed that we would appreciate the handling of this transaction in a confidential manner. We sincerely advise that you send to us your private telephone and fax numbers to maintain the confidentiality of the business. Sending e-mail will be appreciated too.
Yours sincerely,

DR.KEN.ADESUYI


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