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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: kingsley okwu <kingsleyokwu2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <johnsonabuah@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:36:28 +0100
Subject: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIATINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIAISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIAFROM THE DESK OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNORCENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN)
YOUR IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT .CONTRACT#:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.
ATT:
OUR RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS DUE FOR PAYMENT,WITH THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, YOUR NAME AND COMPANY WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ONTHE LIST OF THE OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIRPAYMENTS.
I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AND WILL BERELEASED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER.ALSO NOTE THAT FROM MY RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRACTPAYMENT IS $15.7 MILLION DOLLARS (FIFTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED HOUSANDUNITED STATES DOLLARS).
PLEASE RE-CONFIRM TO ME IF THIS IS INLINE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOURRECORD AND ALSO RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS
1) YOUR FULL NAME2) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE3) COMPANY NAME,4) PROFESSION, AGE5) COPY OF DRIVERS LICENSE I .D.
AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATIONS ARE RECEIVED, YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TOYOU IN A CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA . YOU MUSTCALL ME ON MY DIRECT NUMBER AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER FORA SERIOUS DISCUSSION WITH ME AND ALSO GET BACK TO ME AT ONCE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MR. KINGSLEY ABUAHDEPUTY GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
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