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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: stella_adams@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:40:15 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?STRICTLY=20CONFIDENTIAL?=

stella_adams36@zipmail.com.br wrote:
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From the desk of Engr.Miss Stella Adams
Project implementation committee
Please reply through this email
address:stella_adams36@walla.com

Dear Sir,


It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of myself and
my colleagues. It was on my search to look for a realible person to entrust
this money into that l came across your address on internet which after
dicided to reach you after my prayer and God reavled to me that your honest
person and l decided to seek a confidential cooporation with you in the
execution of the deal described here under for the benefit of all parties
and hope you will keep it as Top secret because of the nature of this business.


Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I
work as a Director, Project Implementation and with
the cooperation of Four other top officials, we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling
Sixty Million, four hundred and eighty thousand
U.S. Dollars (US$60,480,000.00) which we want to
transfer abroad with assistance and cooporation of a
foreign company (individual) to receive the said
fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such fund.


In account represented some percentage of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Ministry by
a foreign contracting firm which we the official
over-invoiced. Though the actual contract cost have
been paid to the original contractor, leaving the
balance in the tune of the said amount which we have
in principles gotten approval to remitt by
Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to foreign bank account you will
provide.


Since the present Government of Nigeria is
determined to pay every foreign Contractors all debts owes so
as to maintain good relationship with Foreign
Government and non-Government Financial Agencies, we have
decided to include our bills for approvals with the
cooperation of some officials from the Federal
Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

We are seeking your assistance in providing a good
company's account or any other offshore bank account
into which we can remitt this money by acting as our
main partner and trustee or acting as the original
contractor. This we can do by swapping of account and
changing of beneficiary and other forms of documentation upon
application for claim to reflect the payment and approvals to be secured
on behalf of our company.

This processes being internal arrangement with the
departments concerned.

I have the authority of my partners involved to
propose that should you be willing to assist us in
the transaction. Your share of the sum will be 30% of
the US$ of the US$60,480,000.00 Million dollars, 60% for
us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.


All what we needed from you is your tel/fax nos, your full name and your
banking details to sart this process The business itself is 100% risck free,
on your part provided you treat it with secrecy and confidentiality. Also
you area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me. While we wait for your urgent reply through PLS. reply through this
my alternative email address stella_adams36@walla.com



Thanks for your co-operation.

Engr. Stella Adams



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