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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: robertcole@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:16:53 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Robert Cole
E-mail:robert_cole0005@yahoo.com
Falomo, Lagos.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr Robert Cole an Accountant in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and I head a seven-man tenders committee in charge of Foreign/Expatriate
Contract Awards Review and Payment Approvals (CRPAC).
I came to know of your name and address in my search fora reliable and low-key
person to handle a very confidential transaction based on unflinching trust
as we have not met before. This transaction involves the transfer of huge
sum of foreign exchange (the United States Dollars)to a foreign account.
There were a series of contracts executed by a Consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which are:
(1)The expansion and rehabilitation of the ageing pipeline network within
Nigeria for crude oil and downstream products distribution and evacuation
- US$9 Billion
(2) Contracts for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the four epileptic
refineries in the country
(3) The construction of more storage tanks and maintenance and servicing
of old ones for Petroleum Products Storage (Depots) - US$90 Million
(4) The construction of Escravos Gas Poduction Offshore facility.
The original value of these contracts was deliberately over-invoiced in
the sum of USD Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand($18,500,000.00) by
this committee (CRPAC) during the awards of the various contract. This sum($18,500,000.00)
has now been approved for payment by this committee(CRPAC)and is now ready
to be transfered by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the account of any individual
and or company which the CRPAC presents as the beneficiary, since the company
that actually executed these contracts has been fully paid their fund and
the projects have been officialy commissioned. Consequently, my colleagues
and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account for subsequent
disbursement on our behalf, since we as civil servants and we are also serving
in a sensitive foreign payment approval committee (CRPAC) are prohibited
by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening or operating
foreign account and or dealing in foreign exchange in our names. Needless
to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return,
we have agreed to offer you 25% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall
be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) accrued between
the parties in the course of the transaction. The balance will be used to
purchase agricultural equipment and medical drugs from your country for
importation back to my country. You must however note that this transaction
is subject to the following termsand conditions:
a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
c) That you have an unflincing trust in us, and our ability to complete
all official processes with your co- operation.
(d) That the funds would be transfered to an ordinary account which you
have total control over.
Modalities have been worked out (secretly) at the highest levels of the
relevant government departments involved and the Central Bank of Nigeria
for the immediate transfer of funds within 14 working days subject to your
satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role
is risk-free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for
mutual security of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially
and legally processed with your name or the name of any company you may
nominate as the bonafide beneficiary, as in an ideal situation.It is imperative
that you bear in mind that having put in 19 years in the service of the
government, I am averse to having my image and career dented. This matter
should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency.
Kindly expedite action by contacting me on my e-mail address, indicating
your interest in this transaction. For swift response to your reply,kindly
indicate your fax and telephone numbers clearly so that I can explain further,
especially by fax. I am urgently waiting your reply as payment to foreign
contractors is usually made on quarterly basis.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Robert Cole.
NOTE:I WILL ADVICE THAT YOU DIRECT ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL
BOX(robert_cole0005@yahoo.com)THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.
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