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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. BOYA SABO SOKOTTO" <boya1@terra.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sokotto3@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:09:18 -0800
Subject: URGENT
FROM : DR. BOYA SABO SOKOTTO
CONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
PHONE:234-803-3162088
E-MAIL:sokotto3@yahoo.co.uk
GOOD DAY.
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSFER OF US$18.3000,00 (EIGHTEEN
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ONLY)
I fervently pray that this letter soliciting for your
kind assistance will not cause any embarrassment to
you. I am aware that we have never seen each other
before, neither have we exchanged any form of formal
contact or correspondence before. I am equally aware
that this world is full of dishonest people but I
sincerely hope that my humble letter will touch your
kind heart to assist us and give us the opportunity of
being future inseparable.
I, and on behalf of my other colleagues in the office
(NNPC) have decided to solicit your assistance as
regards to the transfer of the above stated amount into
your bank account. Be informed that this fund arose from
over-invoice from various contracts awarded in my
parastatal to certain foreign contractors sometime
ago.
We as holders of official positions in our various
parastatals, were mandated by this new civilian
government to scrutinize all payments made to certain
foreign contractors, and we discovered that some of
these contracts executed were grossly
over-invoiced, either by omission or commission. Also,
we discovered that the sum of $18.3000,00. (eighten
million three houndred thousand US Dollars only) was
lying in a suspense account, although the foreign
contractors were fully paid their entitlements after the contracts was
executed.
We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount US$18.300 00 will be
transferred to a foreign account (for our own use), into a bank account
provided by a foreign partner, as the code of conduct
of the Federal civil service does not allow us to
operate with foreign accounts.
We are therefore seeking for your assistance based on
the agreement been made within ourself, all the documents
of this fund will be speedily processed for immediate
remittance of the fund into your nominated bank
account. On successful remittance of the fund into
your account, you will be compensated with 25% of the
total sum for assistance and 5% is already set
aside for expenses on the process of this transaction
while 70% is for me and my colleagues.
This transaction is closely knitted and in view of
our SENSITIVE POSITION we cannot afford a slip, I
assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free
We will avail you with our identities as regards our
respective offices when relationship is fully
established and smooth operation commences.
I am at your disposition to entertain any question
from you in respect of this transaction, so, contact
me immediately through my alternative e-mail:sokotto3@yahoo.co.uk or the above telephone number for further information on the
requirements and procedure.
Please, note that this DEAL needs
confidentiality.
Yours faithfully,
DR. BOYA
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