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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: Acc_general@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:17:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: urgent
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if (typeof YAHOO =3D=3D "undefined") {
var YAHOO =3D {};
}
YAHOO.Shortcuts =3D YAHOO.Shortcuts || {};
YAHOO.Shortcuts.hasSensitiveText =3D true;
YAHOO.Shortcuts.sensitivityType =3D ["sensitive_news_terms"];
YAHOO.Shortcuts.doUlt =3D false;
YAHOO.Shortcuts.location =3D "us";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_id =3D 0;
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_type =3D "";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_title =3D "Urgent";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_publish_date =3D "";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_author =3D "drsmith_ktt@yahoo.com";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_url =3D "";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_tags =3D "";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_language =3D "english";
YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet =3D {
"lw_1228237879_0": {
"text": "Central Bank Of Nigeria",
"extended": 0,
"startchar": 2705,
"endchar": 2727,
"start": 2705,
"end": 2727,
"extendedFrom": "",
"predictedCategory": "ORGANIZATION",
"predictionProbability": "0.521519",
"weight": 0.519118,
"relScore": 6.7152,
"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/other"],
"category": ["ORGANIZATION"],
"wikiId": "Central_Bank_of_Nigeria",
"relatedWikiIds": [],
"relatedEntities": [],
"showOnClick": [],
"context": "am writing you now your data now appear in the Central Bank Of =
Nigeria, vetting computer as the legitimate contractor,.Now your name are a=
mong",
"metaData": {
"visible": "true"
}
}
};
YAHOO.Shortcuts.headerID =3D "a14c43645020b091cdaaeaf56f705fec";
#yiv1338626518 div.details a.more {visibility:hidden;}
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Klm 3 Garki-Abuja.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Ref/cbn/009/fgn.
=A0
=A0
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Your contract payment, why you have not s=
uccesseded.
=A0
=A0Attn:Beneficiary,
=A0
=A0
=A0I have waited patiently to hear directly from you,but untill now, i deci=
ded to
reach you directly through your e-mail.
=A0
This
has to do with your un-paid contract fund=A0 which you executed with the
Federal Government of Nigeria some few years back.Your partners
approach me
through a lady friend of mine,who is a secretary to the minister of petrole=
um.
=A0
She helped them to=A0 remove the name of the rightfull foreign contractor w=
ho
died some years back and replaced it with your info as the legitimate
contractor.
=A0
=A0As am writing you now your data now appear in the Central Bank Of Nigeri=
a, vetting computer as the legitimate contractor,.Now your name are among s=
ome foreign contractor
that are due for payment.
They(your partner)promised to give me 30%,because am the only officer and a=
s
chairman of the committee priviledge to know that you did not execute any
contract let alone coming to Nigeria,but later did i know that they were pl=
aying
on my intelligence,they were planning to get this money and do away with it=
even
without your knowledge.
=A0
So this is why am reaching you now for you to mutually let me know what you=
are
going to give out of your own free will so as i will assist in transfaring =
of this fund to your bank account,.
=A0
Because after my confrontation with your partners ,they became afraid and w=
ent
into hiding.Remember am the only person privilege to know about this,as for
other member of the committee they strongly believed you are the legitimate=
owner
if the fund.
=A0
let=A0 me wait for now, untill i get your positive response.if you are read=
y to
work with me,you
can contact: Acc_general@hotmail.com,=20
Regards:
=A0
Dr=A0 Ibrahim Smith Adams.
( chairman foreign Operation Department)
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Central Bank Of Nigeria ,=0A=0A=0A
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