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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: George Fregene <fregene21@msn.com>
Reply-To: <georgefregene@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:28:49 +0000
Subject: Attention Please
Sir,
My name is George Fregene. The purpose of my writing you is anchored on an impending sum of Sixty six Million United States Dollars (US$66M) now lying in Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) waiting to be transferred abroad.
This money was gotten through a deliberate over-invoicing of a contract awarded to some foreign firms to expand the Kainji Termal Power Generating Station, Egbin Power Station and the Afam Power Station to increase the energy generation for the country and its West African neighbours. Fortunately, I was made the Chairman of the contract award committee, in the course of the vetting, some of my colleagues agreed with me that the contract sums be inflated for our mutual sharing after the original contractors have been paid.
Now, this contract was awarded between 2000-2007 by the last civilian dispensation and the contract has been successfully executed, completed and commissioned under the administration of immediate past civilian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. The original contractors have been paid leaving the over-invoiced sum of US$66M floating in the CBN. All we need therefore is a foreigner in whose name we can apply and transfer the above sum in his/her account for our mutual sharing since going by the civil service rules and public procurement acts, we cannot keep money of such magnitudes locally in our accounts since we are civil servants and the contracts being executed by foreigners. Remember, the nature of your job does not count in this instance.
All we need from you is your name, address, Telephone/fax numbers including cell phone number if any and your banking details such as your bank name, address, telephone/fax and your bank account number wherein this money will be transferred into. This transaction is 100% risk free if you keep it secret on your own side and will be concluded within 7 working days of receiving the above requested. 10% of the total sum will be your share for your assistance in providing your bank account and also your taking care of the local and international expenses that might be incurred, in the course of this transaction, while 90% of the total sum will be for us and will be left in your account till we resign and come over for you to advise us on a lucrative venture we will invest in your country.
Therefore, if you are interested, do let me know through my private email: georgefregene@ig.com.br to clarify you more. As soon as I receive your mail we will proceed immediately to procure the necessary approval for the release of the above sum into your account.
Yours faithfully,George Fregene
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