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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: "NNPC NIGERIA" <nnpc_2005@sify.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: akin_nnpc_nig@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 04:49:50 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT FOR YOU

From The Desk Of: DR SMITH AKAKA,
The Project Director andChairman
Tender Committee of the Nigerian National
PetroleumCorporation (NNPC).
Lagos-Nigeria.


ATTENTION:SIR,

I am DR SMITH AKAKA ,Project Director and Chairman of the
Tender Committee of theNigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).My Committeeis principally concerned
with payment of all contract awarded from 1998 to
date, in order of priority as regard capital projects of
theNNPC.

The information we gathered from the Foreign Office
oftheNigeria Chambers of Commerce and Industries is so
positive as toconvince us that you could provide us with
solution to a money transferdeal valued at Thirty One
Million United States Dollars andsubsequently a joint
business venture.

In the course of our duties asvalues, and project
inspectors for the on-going liquefied NaturalGas(LNG)
project, we have over-invoiced the value of some jobs done
byforeign contractors for the NNPC to the tune of US$31M.
Asfollows:Computer optimization and
Installation$16,000.000.00 Installation of
250,000.00,MonaxTurbine$10,000.000.00,Turn Around
Maintenance $5,000,000.00 Our aim ofover-invoicing this
payment is to divert the excess amount to adiscrete account
abroad.This fund is now floating in suspense accountat the
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

This is the fund my myself andcolleagues have decided to
transfer into your account since we, ascivil servants are
not allowed to operate or own foreign account.Themoney will
be shared as follows after transfer:30% for you
(AccountOwner) 60% for me and my colleagues,10% for
reimbursement for bothlocal and international expenses that
Would be incurred in thecourse of this transaction. To be
able to claim the funds, we will bepurporting your name and
a company name to be the original contractor/beneficiary of
the funds so that all procedures for internationaltransfer
shall be strictly followed,as we have worked out
allmodalities for a swift and riskfree transfer.

If this proposalsatisfies you, please contact me through
(akin_nnpc_nig@yahoo.co.uk
), withthe following important information.Your Bank Name / Address
AccountName ,Account
NumberTel/Fax Telex of Bank,with your Personal Phone/FaxNumbers for
easy communication. This transaction
will last for 14working days from the time we submit the required
information,as allmodalities concerning this
transaction have been worked out and it iscompletely risk free.

Please be informed that this subject isclassified sensitive. Therefore
treat the transaction with
utmostconfidentiality and urgency.

Yours Faithfully.
DR SMITH AKAKA.

The Project Director and Chairman
Tender Committee of theNigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Lagos-Nigeria.

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