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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: "prof kelvin tony obi" <ministeroffinanceonline@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: profkelvinobi08@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:31:46 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION: VALUED BENEFICIARY
From the desk of: Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman,
Hon. minister of Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria.
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area, Garki,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Website: www.fmf.gov.ng
E-mail profkelvintonyobi@yahoo.com
Attention: Valued beneficiary, This is to bring to your notice about the due
process of your outstanding contractual payment which was suspended by the
Federal ministry of Finance thereby stopping the telex unit to pause the
transfer of your contract fund to your nominated Bank Account. As a result
of this development, verification conducted by the newly appointed Finance
Minister in conjunction with the Newly Appointed Member of Presidential
Board of Trustee on Debt Verification Panel to contact you and let you Know
that your contract case file has been endorsed for payment awaiting your
confirmations. In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you
proved abortive.
Based on the new Address submitted to this office on your behalf: (1) My
Office desks have just received a new contact address from Mr. Bill Carlton,
to release your Payment into a new address as stated Bellow:
100 Wellington Street West,
Suite 1200,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
M5K 1J3
The Sum of 5.3 Million US Dollars (Five Million Three Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) should be paid to Mr. Bill Carlton, as your beneficiary/Partner.
(2) Please, confirm to our Bank/Office if you have instructed Mr. Bill
Carlton, to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf thereby asking that he
receive cash call Remittance on your behalf as your Partner. (3) Please,
also confirm if you have authorized Mr. Bill Carlton, to change your
Residential Address to the following address stated below:
100 Wellington Street West ,
Suite 1200 ,
Toronto , Ontario , Canada ,
M5K 1J3
We have decided to contact you for re-verification because we suspected that
Mr. Bill Carlton, is trying to divert your money through the sworn affidavit
to a new different address as your Partner. Therefore, if you had not
authorized Mr. Bill Carlton, to claim this Contractual Payment on your
behalf as your Partner, Kindly get back to us with the down listed
information requested for reconfirmation/verification and for fast and swift
release of the Fund to you without any Further Delay. You are now required
to reconfirm to us the followings:
(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Phone, Fax and Mobile #:
(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status:
(5) Company/Business Name:
(6) International Passport/ID: You are advice to get back to the Federal
Ministry of Finance on this E-mail Address :-(profkelvintonyobi@yahoo.com)
with the Information requested from you and re-confirmation whether you
instruct any One to get Your Fund release on your Behalf. As soon as this
information is received by this Panel, you shall be instructed on how to get
this Fund released directly to you from our Nominated Bank which has being
endorsed by the World Bank and IMF Organization to make sure that your Fund
is release to you.
Prof. Kelvin Tony Obi
Secretary: Federal Minister Finance (FMF).
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