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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: Morrison Ebet <ebetmorrison@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Sequel to our arrangements
Attention: Amarjit Singh
Madam,
Sequel to our secret arrangement on how to help you receive your overdue contract fund into your account, I wish to use this medium to inform you that I was able to move part of the total fund to a Security and Finance firm in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The total amount I moved to Amsterdam is $8.350million (Eight million, three hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars).
Note: The trunk box containing this fund was deposited with the the firm in Amsterdam, Netherlands as Diplomatic consignment containing some vital classified documents through the help of a Diplomat. So in no account you should disclose to the finance and security firm the actual contents of the trunk box when you contact them. Arrange with them on when you will go to Amsterdam for the collection of the consignment and inform me immediately. I will forward to you the name of the finance and security firm, telephone/fax, contact personnel and all the necessary documents(Deposit certificate, Air waybill, the code number of the keys to the box) required for the collection of this trunk box containing the fund from the finance and security firm in Amsterdam as soon as you contact me.
Regards to the wonderful help I have offered you by making it possible at last for you to receive your overdue contract payment, I will like inform you that I will be entitle to 25% of the $18.350m (non-negotiable) after you have collected the fund.
Contact me upon the receipt of this mail through my e-mail: ebetmorrison@yahoo.com Please do not contact me through my telephone because I will not like to discuss this on telephone to avoid implications in the office.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks. Mr. Morrison Ebet (Assistant Paymaster, Ministry of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria).
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