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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: "DR.BELLO E. JUBRIL" <info_cenbank@fmail.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info_cenbank@fsmail.net
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:05:49 -0800
Subject: Important notice
ATTN: BENEFICIARY
DEAR SIR,
AFTER A SERIOUS THOUGHT, I DECIDED TO REACH YOU
DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING
AGAINST YOU, BUT YOUR NIGERIAN PARTNERS.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL COMPUTING/MONITORING
UNIT OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. SOMETIME IN THE
PAST, YOUR NIGERIAN PARTNERS APPROACHED ME THROUGH A
FRIEND OF MINE AND REQUESTED THAT I ASSIST THEM TO
CONCLUDE A MONEY TRANSFER DEAL. THEY GAVE ME YOUR NAME,
COMPANY?S NAME AND BANK PARTICULARS AND TOLD ME TO PUT
THEM INTO OUR COMPUTING SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL COMPUTING
UNIT SO THAT IT WILL APPEAR AS IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE
GENUINE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR PAYMENT.
ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY WANTED TO USE THIS STRATEGY TO
TRANSFER A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH THEY ACCUMULATED
THROUGH INFLATED CONTRACT AWARDS AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN
FLOATING IN THE CBN SINCE THEN. THE ORIGINAL
CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN PAID SO THEY WANTED TO USE YOUR
ACCOUNT TO TRANSFER THE SURPLUS OUT OF NIGERIA. WE
AGREED THAT ONCE I DO THIS, THEY WOULD GIVE ME
US$100,000.00 AND GIVE ME ANOTHER US$100,000.00 WHEN I
RELEASE THE FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT. WHEN THEY SAW THAT I
HAVE DONE THAT AND YOUR NAME HAS BEEN APPROVED AMONG
THE LIST OF THOSE TO BE PAID, INSTEAD OF GIVING ME THE
AGREED DEPOSIT, THEY STARTED AVOIDING ME AND RESORTED
TO THREAT. I IMMEDIATELY DELETED THE TRANSFER CODE OF
THE FUND WHICH IS ONLY KNOWN TO ME AS REGARDS TO MY
DUTY AND RELEASED OTHER CONTRACTORS FUND WITHOUT YOURS.
THEY BECAME ANGERED THE MORE WHEN THEY SAW THAT THEIR
THREAT DID NOT WORK AND STARTED BRIBING OTHER OFFICIALS
TO GET ANOTHER APPROVAL TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOU
WITHOUT SUCCESS. APPROVALS ARE FREE: IS IT NOT FUNNY
THAT A CONTRACTOR IS BEING ASKED TO PAY ONE TAX AND
LEVY OR THE OTHER WHILE HIS MILLIONS ARE HERE WITH US,
WHY NOT DEDUCT? I AM 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY AND
OBSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR BREACH OF CONTRACT. IF
YOU DOUBT WHAT I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU, PAY ANY AMOUNT
THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY NOW, AFTER A SHORT TIME, THEY
WILL COME UP WITH ANOTHER REASON TO PAY AGAIN AND IT
GOES ON AND ON. THEY ARE SIMPLY WICKED AND DO NOT KNOW
WHERE THEIR PROBLEM LIES.
NOW, IF YOU WANT US TO WORK TOGETHER, THESE ARE MY
CONDITIONS:-
I. I WILL HAVE 30% OF THE MONEY BECAUSE IT IS ONLY THE
TWO OF US LEFT FROM NOW.
II. YOU WILL ASSIST ME TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN YOUR
COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER PLACE OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL
PAY IN MY OWN SHARE.
III. AS YOU HAVE SEE, IT WILL BE USELESS AND A MORE
WASTE OF MONEY IF YOU CONTINUE WITH ANY OTHER PERSON,
SO WE WILL CONCLUDE THE TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST SECRECY.
IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, CONTACT ME
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO LET US FINALIZE. BUT IF YOU ARE
NOT INTERESTED, FOR GOD?S SAKE, I WILL ADVISE YOU TO
FORGET THE FUND AS IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL
RESERVE ACCOUNT. KINDLY CONTACT ME ON THIS
NOTE CBN SECURITY CODE 1476
THANKS
YOURS FAITHFULLY
DR.BELLO E. JUBRIL
DIRECTOR CCMU, CBN
Phone number:234-8033117472
info_cenbank@fsmail.net
www.cenbank.org
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