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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: revdavharry@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:39:17 +0100
Subject: Highly confidential, get back to me is urgent

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF PETROLUEM RESOURCES (F.M.P.R)
FLOOR 10, NNPC PLAZA, LAGOS NIGERIA
Email:- davisharry@zipmail.com.br


Dear Sir, DATE: 21th mar 2005

I am Rev Davis Harry, Chief accounting Officer Federal Ministry of petroleum
Resources (MPR) and a member of Tender Board Committee in charge of contract
review and payment approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable
person to handle a very confidential transaction that involves the transfer
of a huge sum of money to a foreign account. There were series of contracts
executed by a consortium Multinational in the Oil industry in favour of
Ministry of Petroleum Resources among which were:
1.The extension of pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil, down stream
products distribution and subsequent evacuation- US$ 95 Million.
2. Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the various
refineries in the country~ US$ 52Million.
3. The construction of storage tanks for petroleum products (Depots) US$140
Million. The original values of this contract were deliberately over invoiced
to the sum of US $12.5million American Dollars, which has now been approved
and is now ready to be transferred. The companies that actually executed
these contracts have been fully paid and project officially commissioned.
Consequently, I and my partners are willing to transfer this amount to your
account for subsequent disbursement since we are Civil Servants and are
prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Servant Laws) from opening/operating
foreign account in our names.Needless to say, the trust posed on you at
this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20% of
the transferred sum while 15% shall be set aside for accidental expenses
(Internal & External) between the parties in the course of the transfer.
We will mandate you to draw
up an investment plan for us of which you will control since we cannot bring
our shares back to Nigeria. We are very interested in investing in real
estate in your country. You must however note that this transaction is subjected
to the following terms and conditions:
1. Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.
2. That you will treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality because of the circumstances we now find ourselves.
3. That the funds would be transferred to an account over which you have
absolute control. Modalities have been worked out at the highest level
subject to your satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our assurance is
that your role is 100% risk free.
To accord this transaction, the legality it deserves and for mutual security
of the parties involved and the funds, the whole approval procedures will
be officially and legally processed with your name or the name of your company
you may nominate as the Bona fide beneficiary. Also, be informed that our
main reason of contacting you is for the obvious reason that we will
want to invest these funds in the real estate. It is our believe that you
can be of immense help in this regards.
Kindly expedite action so as to enable us include this transaction into
this quarter of payment. Please, contact me as soon as possible on my
confidential
telephone number: 234-1-7212640 or my London fax number:
234-1-7598885.
I awaits your soonest response,

Best regards,

Rev Davis Harry




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