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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <centralbankofniger54@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:39:40 -0600
Subject: COTRACT PAYMENT VERY URGENT...
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
FURTHERING CONTRACT PAYMENT CODE2006CBN
SUB:TRANSFER FUNDS OF US$25million
TRANSFER BILL NO. : CBN/4071/DRC/1806/CTFC-313/00.CBN/GOV
RE: CONTRACT PAYMENT
ATTENTION:
I am delighted to contact you on a private note based on your claim to your contract fund, which has been programmed for transfer into your designated bank account through my department, I am hereby apologizing to you for the delay in releasing this fund into your account, which was caused by me because of breach of agreement between me and your so called partners in Nigeria who introduced you into the business.
Your Nigerian partners approached me that they want to present you as a beneficiary of this fund as it was an OVER-INVOICING made when they are awarding transfer of funds into various bank account abroad. So after the negotiation, we unanimously agreed that they (your partners) would give me the sum of US$200,000.00 (CASH) on my acceptance to assist them to transfer the fund into your account. When I accepted the offer, When I accepted the offer, they forwarded all your banking particulars to me for onward transfer, As soon as I made some fruitful effort on the business and demanded my US$200,000.00 as agreed. Your partners deviated from the agreement and decided to go through the International Remittance Department at my back and make a change of some vital documents in other to disappoint me and you also not knowing that the International remittance Department is also under my control. Then I got the knowledge of their evil plans and prove their illicit efforts abortive.
That is why you may have to been pursing this payment, spending unnecessary funds to some fraudulent individuals in Nigeria who claimed to be in charge to release your fund. Though they now parade themselves as staffs and managements of various banks, some even claim to be a Barrister of different types and some also go as far as claim staffs of the Central bank Of Nigeria or as me Prof. Charles Soludo, they are all decieving their selves and will not be able to get the fund out of the Central Bank for you, I want to re-emphasis to you that the fund of which you are the rightful beneficiary as acclaimed, is still with me and under my control. Now with my whole heart I want to enter into real business with you on a sincere agreement since your partners have disappointed me and the fund is still floating in your name waiting for a proper documentation and claim.
1. On an agreement, I assure you that I am going to transfer this fund into your account.
2. You will assure me of keeping my dealings with you to an utmost secrecy because of my position here in the bank.
3. You will promise to give me 40% of the total fund as soon as the fund gets into your account with a written promissory note signed by you.
4. I will assist you in making a proper document to make sure that your claim is genuine as a bonafide foreign beneficiary to the said fund.
You are to Re-forward me your contact informations:
1) Your Full Name
2) Your Telephone Number
3) Your Fax Number
4) Your Official Mailing Address
5) Your Country of origin
6) Your Age and Status.
7) Your Banking Informations where you would like the fund to be transfered, if possible a virgin account.
I am also aware that some fraudulent individuals has been impersonating my name and office to contact you and other beneficiary as reported by the Central Bank of Nigeria authorities. I advised you that henceforth, you should suspend any dealings from any group of person(s) either from the CBN or any other financial institution / parastatals in Nigeria or overseas that might be contacting you in this purpose and endeavour to keep this information confidential until we finalize this transaction to avoid them using it as an advantge to scam you again or even make you lose your money. Also on no account must you contact these your partners any more, this is for my own safety and for the security of the fund. Because they will not stop at any length to getting this fund. And also on no account must you let them know of my contact with you. Please reply this message urgently and call me on my confidential Direct Telephone Number: + 234-1-7904834
While waiting for your favourable response, i am making every arrengements for wire transfer of your fund as soon as i hear from you ok, Thanks for adhering to this instruction.
NB Please endeavour to reply through this Email:centralbanknigeria54@myway.com
Congratulations!
My Best Regards.
PROF. CHARLES C. SOLUDO.
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DIRECT FAX:234-1-7599123
DIRECT TELEPHONE:234-1-7904834
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