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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: "EMMANUEL YEBOAH" <emmanuelyeboah@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: emmanuelyeboah@fastermail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 05:54:26 +0100
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS?
Dear Sir,
This is important, and requires your immediate attention! First, I must
solicit your strictest confidence in the transaction. To intimate you
further,we are top officials of the new civilian administration Committee on Foreign
and Local Contract Payment, who are interested in the importation of goods
into our country with funds which are presently trapped in Nigeria.
In order to actualize this dream, we seek your assistance to transfer the
said-trapped fund into an interest bearing account which you have absolute
control over in your country or a third country other than Nigeria.
The new civilian administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd) set-up
this committee specifically to review all contracts/oil licenses to
determine their propriety and relevance in the light of the country's current economic
and political realities. We have identified a lot of inflated contract fund
which are currently floating in our Apex Bank.
At this moment we have worked out modalities within ourselves and some
acquaintances at the Apex Bank to divert the sum of US$33,700,000.00 (Thirty three
million, seven hundred thousand United States Dollars) only, for our personal use.
However, by virtue of our positions as Civil Servants and members of the
Contract Review Panel, we cannot acquire this money in our names,
consequently, I was delegated by my colleagues as a matter of trust to look for an
overseas partner into whose account we can transfer this sum of money, hence this
letter to you.
Furthermore, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total sum of
US$33,700,000.00 (Thirty three million, seven hundred thousand United States
Dollars) into your account for disbursement. Your areas of specialization
is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction and the
account required for this project can either be PERSONAL,COMPANY or an
OFFSHORE account you have total control over. Needless to say, the trust reposed
on you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed to offer you 20% of this sum while 10% shall be
set aside for incidental expenses between the parties in the course of this
transaction. You must however note that this transaction is subject to the
following terms and conditions: -
(a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
(b) That you would treat this transaction with utmostsecrecy and
confidentiality.
(c) That the funds would be transferred to an account where you have
absolute control over.
(d) That one of our representatives will be with you in your country to
represent our interest. This however depends on your response to conditions
A and C above.
Modalities have been worked out to the highest level for the immediate
transfer of the funds within 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above stated terms.
Our assurance is that your role is RISK FREE. To accord this transaction
the legality It deserves and for mutual security of the funds, the whole
approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name
or the name of any company you may nominates as the bonafide beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put over 23 years in the
civil service of my country, I am averse to having my image and career
dented.
This matter should be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly
expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include this transfer in this
batch as payments to foreign contractors is usually carried out on quarterly
basis.
You can also reach me via my alternat email nuelyeboah@go.com
REGARDS
Dr. Emmanuel Yeboah
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