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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: drcc100@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:19:35 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TRANSFER?=
Dan Chima
Exploration Department
Ministry of Petroleum Resources
Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: 234 81252861
Email: drchima@usa.com
Dear sir,
It is indeed my pleasure to write you this proposal, which I believe
will be a surprise to you, as we have never met before. I actually got
your e-mail address while searching the internet for a foreigner to
handle this deal for us.
I am Mr Dan Chima of the Exploration Department in the Ministry
of Petroleum Resources, and a close associate of the immediate past
Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),
Dr Gaius Obaseki.
Mr Obaseki has mandated me to transfer the sum of US$88 millions
recovered from over-invoiced contracts involved in the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into private offshore accounts. A total sum
of
US$73, 700, 000.00 has been transferred before the untimely removal of
Mr Obaseki as the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, by this present
government, leaving the balance of US$14, 300, 000.00.
I have made proper arrangement/documentation to transfer the balance
which is retained in a suspense account of the NNPC with the Central Bank
of Nigeria. We are soliciting that you help us to receive the fund in
trust. We cannot complete this transaction without the participation of
a foreign partner who would provide an offshore account where the funds
could be lodged, as the Federal Legislature here in my country Nigeria
does not permit government workers to operate offshore accounts.
The remittance of the funds requires little documentation that would be
completed as soon as you provide us with a secured bank account that
you have absolute control over, where you may wish to receive the money.
There is no risk involved on your part in this transaction since the
former Group Managing Director of NNPC and I have covered this
transaction with adequate contract and external credit documents.
What we require from you by email are viz:
(i) Acceptance of this offer
(ii) Your company name/address, a secured telephone/fax numbers and a
bank account that you have absolute control over where the funds would
be lodged.
(iii) Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to abide by
the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY
We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire US$14, 200,000.00
for your effort in this transaction, 80% for us partners here in
Nigeria.
Please reply urgently via email: drchima@usa.com or
telephone, as we expect that the transaction will not take more than seven
working days. And please note that this transaction must be top secret.
.
However, if you are not in any position to assist us, please do not
respond to this mail and we apologize for taking your time
Best regards.
Dan Chima
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