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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: Ziko Ahmed <zikoahmeda17@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <zikoahmed234@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:48:02 +0000
Subject: INFORMATION
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FACT FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS NIGERIA TELE-234-80-33370978 SIR, MY NAME IS ALHAJI ZIKO AHMED, I AM A DIRECTOR OF FACT FINDINGS AND SPECIAL DUTIES,I AM NEWLY APPOINTED TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE APEX BANK (CBN). AND I AM A MUSLEM IN NIGERIA.INPURSUIT,I AND TWO STAFFS OF MY DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT SOME IRREGULARITIES GOING ON, YOUR PAYMENT WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN),WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAD MET ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO EFFECT TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR BANK . BUT I AM NOT HAPPY THE WAYS PEOPLE HAS BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU ON PRETEXT TO HELP YOU RECEIVE YOUR MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE CBN. I WILL ADVISE YOU FROM THIS MOMENT TO DESIST FROM COMMUNICATING WITH THESE UNSCRUPLOUS ELEMENTS THAT PARADED THEMSELVES TO BE GOOD INNOCENT PEOPLE,I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT DESIST FROM THIS BAD ELEMENTS THAT YOU WILL CONTIUNE PAYING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM AND WITH THEIR ENDLESS STORIES,REQUESTING ONE CERTIFICATE TO ANOTHER.I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SINCE LAST YEARS THIS THEIR FRAUDULENT CHARACTER HAD STARTED AND NON OF THEM CAN PAY YOU THE SUPPOSED MONEY. NOTE THAT ALL THE MONEY YOU HAD PAID TO THEM WERE USED FOR THEIR INTEREST/BENEFITS,I REITERATED THAT YOU SHOULD STOP ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS UNBELIEVERS, IT IS A PITY THAT THIS PEOPLE HAD EXTORTED MUCH MONEY FROM YOU BUT I HAD PERSONALLY INTRODUCED A DEVICE THAT CAN BE POSSIBLY USE TO PAY YOU ALL THIS MONEY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DOCUMENTATIONS,BUT IT MUST BE KEEP SECRET BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE METHOD THE FOREIGN CURRENCIES DO CAME INTO THE COUNTRY,IT WILL BE ARRANGED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC PREFERENCE CARRIAGE SHCHEME. I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT WILL CONTAINED $10M AND OF $100 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS AND AFTER RECEIPT OF THE BOXES AND YOU CONFIRM THE CONTENTS FROM YOUR BANKERS, I WILL SEND TO YOU ANOTHER BATCH BUT I WILL ADVISE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ANY BODY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS METHOD TO AVOID PEOPLE EYESBROW. I HAD ARRANGED WITH THE COURIER COMPANY,THE COMPANY AGREED TO DESPATCH THE BOXES BUT I DID NOT TELL THEM THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS BECAUSE THE COURIER COMPANY,S DO NOT CARRY PHYSICAL CASH FOR DESPATCH,WHAT I WILL DECLARE TO THEM AS THE CONTENTS OF THE BOXES IS SENSITIVE FILMS AND FILM MATERIALS ,SO THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THE FILMS DOES NOT REQUIRE SUNRAYS OR CONTACT WITH AIR. I WILL FINALLY CONCLUDE WITH THE COURIER COMPANY WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR GO AHEAD ORDER ,KINDLY STOP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THESE PEOPLE AND DO NOT PAY ANY MORE MONEY TO THEM OR TO THOSE CALLED THEMSELVES BANK OFFICIALS, I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATIONS AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR GO AHEAD ORDER,THAT YOU WILL COMPENSATE ME AND MY COLLEAGES WITH THE SUM OF $500,000 . I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU AWAITING YOUR REPLY BEST REGARDSALHAJI ZIKO AHMED
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