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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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From: james franklin <jimfrnklin1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: franklinjamesiniraq@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 19:43:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: USAID
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jimfrnklin1@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
please do not be embarrassed as I would like to request your
assistance in a business transaction of mutual benefit, I am Franklin
James,and a member of The U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), our committee is in charge of contracts awards and payment
for all contractors who executed contracts in the rebuilding of Iraq.
The contract award is still going on right now by our Agency in Iraq.A
contract was awarded to Bechtel Corporation of of San Francisco,
California on April 17, 2003 which includes-rehabilitation of power
generation facilities, electrical grids, municipal water systems,
sewage systems, airport facilities, the dredging, repair and upgrading
of the Umm Qasr seaport and reconstruction of hospitals, schools,
ministry buildings, irrigation structures and transportation links;
goal is to repair or rehabilitate up to 100 hospitals, 6,000 schools
(out of approximately 25,000), up to six airports, and one southern
seaport.The total contract sum was valued for US$680 Million (Six
Hundred And Eighty Million United States Dollars) The contract was
fully executed and commissioned and certified OK by L. Paul Bremer,
the former U.S. administrator of Iraq on the 4th of August 2005.
In the course of my work with USAID, I recently discovered that the
contract was over-invoiced by our agency to the tune of US$36.5M
which is now left in Security Deposit & Finance Company in Iraq. I
have made a deal with the committee members to have a neutral person
stand as the beneficiary That is my reason for contacting you.Due to
attacks by insurgents everyday and car bombing Iraq, it is not
advisable that you come to Iraq to claim the cash payment from the
Security Deposit & Finance Company. We will have the consignment
shipped in your name to Germany so that you can collect the money.
The mode of sharing shall be discussed by percentage after I have
heard from you.
For security reasons, it will not be wise to make a bank to bank
transfer considering the amount involved, but if you can go in person
and collect the Money, you can then transfer it gradually into various
accounts with the help of the Diplomats that will bring the
consignment to Germany.Please if you are not interested, I will be
very greatful if you keep this to yourself because I am still in
active service.I am sure you will handle this news with maturity.I am
presently in Iraq and I cannot receive foreign calls for security
reasons. We shall communicate by email. I will only call you when
necessary.
Yourssincerely,
Franklin James
Contract Award Committee
USAID, Iraq
- james franklin
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