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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: "MR JOHN UBAH" <johnubah@nnpc.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnubah2004@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:31:42 +0000
Subject: new message
CONFIDENTIAL.
Dear Sir,
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone
you have not met before and sequel to the high volume
of spam mail that goes
around the world through this means but i have no other
choice than to send
it to you through the internet means,Therefore, i will
appreciate it if you
honour it and give me all your trust and full
co-operation.
However, we decided to contact you based on a
satisfactory information we
had about you. My name is Engineer Rymer Greener John a
United Kingdom
citizen and currently working with the Department
Petroleum Resources(DPR).
Now under NNPC (NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CO-OPERATION) I and some of my
close and trusted colleagues need your assistance in
the transfer of US$30.5
million into any reliable Account you may nominate
overseas.
This fund was generated from over-invoicing of
contracts executed by
theDPR/MR.Frederick M. Wong, Redwood City, California
who is an America Oil
consultant/contractor with DPR, who is now dead,you can
confirm it yourself
via webstie below:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html under
our control and supervision. This fund is now ready to
be remitted into any
Account we put forward for that purpose. What we want
from you is a good and
reliable company or personal Account into which we
shall transfer this fund.
Details should include the following:
1. Name of Company, Address & Your Private Telephone &
Fax Number.
2. Name of Bank & Address of Bank .
3. Account Number
4. Beneficiary Name
Upon receipt of your company & bank particulars, an
application shall bemade
in your name to the Central Bank of Nigeria for the
approval of the
remittance of the funds which shall be by SWIFT
(Telegraphic transfer)
copies of the approval and other relevant documents
shall be faxed to you
for your perusal. please treat as strictly confidential
for obvious reasons
The fund will be shared as follows:
1. 30% for your assistance
2. 60% for myself & my Colleagues
3. 10% for contingency expenses
We wish to assure you that your involvement should you
decide to assist
us,will be well protected, and also, this business,
proposal is 100% risk
free as the remittance will be made through the legal
procedures.
Note: Should you require a true copy of my identity as
a proof that this
transaction is for 'REAL', I am obligated to forward my
United Kingdom
International Passport to you as a mark of trust which
i know you will keep
very confidential. Your discussions regarding this
transaction should be
limited because we are still in office
service.Meanwhile,It may interest you
to know that last two years a similar transaction was
carried out with one
Mr. Patrice Miller, the President of Crain
International Trading Corporation
at number 135 East 57th Street, 28th Floor, New York,
NY 10022 with
telephone number (212) 308-7788 and telex number
6731689. After the
agreement between both partners in which he was to take
20% of the money
while the remaining 80% for us.
With all the required documents signed, the money was
duly transferred into
this account only to be disappointed on our arrival in
New York, and we were
reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no longer
on that address
while his telephone and telex numbers have been
reallocated to somebody
else. That was how we lost US$9 Million to Mr. Patrice
Miller. This time
around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person
or a reputable company
to do business with hence this letter to you. We intend
to retire peacefully
at the end of this transaction.
Let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this
transaction and your
prompt reply will be highly appreciated through this
contact information:
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation while we
look forward to a
mutually benefiting business relationship with you.
Best Regards.
Eng John Ubah
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