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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: willabdul@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:29:34 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ASISTANCE?=
DR.Abdul Wilfred Ph.D, MNIM, FCA
Financial Controller & Contract Award Committee Chairman
Sudan Telecomunication Limited
Dear Sir,
REQUEST FOR URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
I am Dr.Abdul Wilfred the Financial Controller and Contract Award Committee
Chairman in The sudan Telecomunication company Dafour,
My colleagues have assigned me to seek for assistance of a reliable
foreigner through whom we can transfer the sum of US$38,600,000.00
(Thirty-Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) which arose from
the deliberate over-inflated contract value for the general assessment of
large, well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded;
cellular
communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially and
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone
communications,
tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and
1 Arabsat (2000.
The contract was awarded in 1996 to a foreign firm with the consideration
of 10% commission
agreement on the total contract value of US$386,000,000. The contract has
been completed and the contractor has long been paid, we are now left with
this US$38,600,000 representing the 10% (our own share) as agreed presently
in the Federal Government's account. The Current war and unfavourable
political/economic climate in this country now presented an opportunity
for
this money to be transferred out of the country.
A friend who was formally residing in your country gave me your contact
address. He told me that you are trustworthy though he did not know my
intention. This assurance gave me courage to link you up for this
particular transaction, and I hope it will be of mutual benefit to all of
us.
Our contact in the Federal Ministry of Finance have given us a go ahead
advice to begin the process of the remittance, hence we have set in motion
the machinery for the take off of this transaction and further action will
commence immediately we hear from you. We have agreed that after the
transfer of the money into your account, you shall be entitled to 30% of
the
total amount transferred, while the remaining 70% will be for us. We
decided to give you this percentage in order to motivate you and also to
let
you feel satisfied at the end of this transaction.
The nature of your business is not particularly relevant for the success
of
this transaction. All we require is your willingness to co-operate and
assurance that our own share will be given to us when this money is
transferred into your account. All necessary precautions have been taken
to
ensure a no risk situation on the sides of both parties and it is believed
that the conclusion of this transaction will not last more than 8 working
days.
Since we have no knowledge of business, our plan is to invest this money
into Real Estate, Stocks and we can also invest in some other profitable
businesses in your country based on your advice because many of our years
has been spent as civil servant, and we may likely resign from government
service to private business after this money is transferred into your
account.
Please note that this business is strictly confidential and must not be
disclosed to a third party. This is necessary to avoid disclosure that
may
jeopardise the transaction. Finally, if this proposal is acceptable to
you,
or if you have any questions, feel free to contact me immediately on the
above email address,
you should also send to me your private e-mail address, telephone number
and
fax number for easy and confidential communication. I will oblige you with
further information if so required.
Best Regards,
DR Abdul Wilfred
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