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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: "WILLIAMS EGOH" <williamsegoh@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:17:03 +0000
Subject: TRANSFER OF MONEY
From the desks of Dr.Williams Egoh.
Always reply to my alternative email.egohwilliam@yahoo.com or
williamsegoh@doctor.com
Dear Sir,
I am sending this letter to you based on recommendation
gathered from the foreign trade office of the Nigerian
chamber of commerce and industry.
I believe that you would be in a position to help me
in our bid to transfer the sum of forty-one million, five
hundred
thousand
dollars ($41.5m usd) into a foreign account.
I am the executive chairman of the special committee for budget
and
planning
of the ministry of petroleum. This committee is principally
concerned
with
contract appraisals and approval of contracts in order of
priorities as
regards capital project of the federal government of Nigeria.
With our
positions, we have successfully secured for ourselves the sum of
forty-one million, five hundred thousand united state dollars
(us$41.5m).
This amount was accumulated through undeclared windfall from
sales of
crude
oil.
What we need from you is for you to be presented as the sister
company
to the original contractor as we shall incorporate you as a
company
whom
part of the contract was subletted to, by the former contractor
with
our
federal government corporate affairs commission Abuja, as all
the vital
documents backing will be originated by us for your claim of the
above
sum.
It has been agreed that you will be compensated with us$8.3
million of
the remitted funds, you keep us$31.125million for us, while
us$2.075million will be set aside to offset expenses and taxes
that may
occur during the course of the transfer into your provided
account. It
may interest you to know that two years ago a similar
transaction was
carried out with one Mr. Patrice Miller, the president of Crain
International Trading Corporation at number 135, East 57th
street, 28th
floor, New York 10022 with
telephone (212) 308-7788 and telex number 6731689, after the
agreement
between both partners in which he was to take 25%.The money was
duly
transferred into his account only to be disappointed, on our
arrival in
New York as we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller
was no
longer on that address while his telephone and telex numbers
have been
reallocated to somebody else, that is how we lost us$27.5m to
Mr.
Patrice Miller.
This time around we need a more reliable and
trustworthy person or a reputable company to do
business with hence this letter to you, so if you
can prove yourself to be trusted and interested in
this deal then we are prepared to do business with
you. What we want from you is the assurance that you
will let us have our share when this amount of us$41.5m is
transferred
to you.
If this proposal satisfies you, please contact me
strictly through my e-mail immediately at egohwilliam@yahoo.com
or
williamsegoh@doctor.com to advice you on the modalities of the
transaction. All modalities for a risk free and successful
conclusion
of the transfer have been worked out and once started will not
take
more
than 14 working days for this transaction to be concluded.
This transaction is totally risk free and 100% safe.
Please treat as urgent and very confidential. God be
with you as I look forward to your reply.
Best regards.
Dr.Williams Egoh.
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