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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: piusikelaa@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 06:39:49 -0800
Subject: good day
NIGERIAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,
IKOYI,
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
Dear friend,
first I must solicit your confidence in this transaction for this is by
virtue of its nature as being confidential.And I will also asssure you
that all will be well at the end of the day.
We have decided to contact you by email due to the urgency of this
transaction.I want to start by introducing myself properly to you.
I am Mr Pius Ikelaa the chief accountant of the NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). I came to know of you in my private search
for a realiable and reputable person to handle this confidential
transaction which involves the transfer of the sum of FORTY EIGHT MILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS to a foreign account. This
amount was secured from excess oil sales from Nigeria crude oil. The sum
of $48.8 Billion oil windfall was realized by the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation for the month of August 2001 . Organistion of
Peroleum Exporting countries (OPEC) crude oil price was peg at $22.00 per
barrell and fortunately for oil producing countries like Nigeria, there
was rises in oil price to about $27.00 and $28.00 per barrell and as a
result there was excess oil sales and I believe you would be aware of
this rise in oil price . Out of this $48.8 BILLION excess oil funds,
myself and my colleage because of our position in the Account Departm!
ent of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation divertd the sum of
FORTY EIGHT MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS we
want to transfer into your Account which is the excess CRUDE OIL sales
Account.
Please note the reason for the transfer of this fund into your account
will be for a mobilisation fee for a contract that is awarded to you by
my ministry NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION. All the necessary
documentation for the approval of this fund into your account will be
taken good care of and this business is 100% risk free as all the
modalities for the smooth transfer of this fund has been concluded already.
My colleages and I have agreed on the following as soon as you agree to
assist.
1) That thirty percent (30%) will be for you for helping us recieve the
fund.
2) That ten percent (10%) will be mapped out for reimburesment of any
expenses incured by the two parties ( your party and my party) during
the tranfer of this fund into your account.
3) that the rest will be left for us in your account for sometime
before any of us will be able to get to you for withdrawal.
You are urgently required to send me your opinion on this and Your
reply will enable me give you my private telephone line and for security
reasons I will not give you my office telephone line.
yours sincerely,
Mr Pius Ikelaa.
ACCOUNTS DEPT,
NNPC LAGOS DISTRICT,
NIGERIAN.
alternative e-mail piusikelaa@yahoo.co.uk
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