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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: barristerpetergeorgeobi1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:22:04 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY=2E?=
Dear Friend,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my colleagues
and myself. A member of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (N.E.P.C)
who was among the Federal Government Delegation to your country during a
trade exhibition gave your particulars to me. I have decided to seek a confidential
cooperation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for
the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as top secret because
of the nature of this business, since we are still in active service.
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 totaling Forty - One Million,
Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars (US$41,500,000.00) which we want to transfer
abroad with assistance and cooperation of a foreign company and/or individual
to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable Foreign account non/company
to receive such fund.
The amount 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 that we have
in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T.) to
any foreign bank account you will provide.
Since the present Democratically elected Civilian Government of Nigeria
is determined to pay every Foreign Contractor all debts owed by the former
Military Government 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 (F.M.F) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N).
We are seeking your assistance in providing a good company's account or
any other offshore bank account into which we can remit 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$41.5Million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses.
The business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost secrecy
and confidentiality. Also your 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.your response on my Direct
Mail Adderss: barristerpetergeorgeobi1@indiatimes.com to indicate your willingness
in assisting us.
Thanks for your cooperation
Yours truly, faithfully,
Dr.Peter George Obi.
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