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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: iya abu <iyaabu66@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:57:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT.
Sir,
I am Bar. Iya Abu the Personal assistant to Mr.Peterson Sheldon a national of your country and Project engineer, whose company (EXPEROEMPEX NIG. LTD) was registered with the NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COOPERATION (NNPC.) as their project / Development Manager (Under contract basis). As the personal assistance to my late boss, I was privy to most of his business dealings in the country. On the 27th of May 1999, his company (EXPEROEMPEX NIG. LTD) was awarded a contract valued USD23million by the NNPC management and was duly given the mobilization fees of USD9.6million.
This contact was duly completed by the end of 2001 and subsequently the job completion Certificate was issued to enable the payment of the balance of USD13.4million. On the 9th of April 1999,my boss, his wife and their three children were involved in a ghastly auto accident along Third Mainland Bridge in LAGOS . Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy here to locate any of my boss extended relatives, but this has proved unsuccessful. After several attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you.Please you are to assist in receiving this contractual Fund/Balance left behind by my boss before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the NNPC authorities Particularly, this amount since I have been written severally by the NNPC authorities to produce the NEXT-OF-KIN to my late boss for the claimance of this money within the next 90 days or have the fund confiscated to the national Treasury in accordance with the government
policy.
Since I have not been successful in locating the relatives of my late bose for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country, so that the proceeds of this deposit valued at $13.4millon U.S dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money: 45% to me and 30% to you, 15% shall be given to charity,while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.I have all necessary documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from anybreach of the law. Please get in touch with this email iyaabu66@yahoo.co.uk or call me through this number 234-1-8125107 to enable us discuss further.
Yours Faithfully,
BARR.IYA ABU
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