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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: "Emma Giwa" <emmagiwa1@msn.com>
Reply-To: e_giwa01@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:08:50 +0000
Subject: assistance for money transfer into your account
FROM THE DESK OF:
DR. GEORGE GIWA
TEL/FAX: 234-1-7753384.
EMAIL: e_giwa01@yahoo.com
DEAR FRIEND
Although this mail might come to you as a surprise, since it is from someone
you do not know or seen before, but base upon recommendation I gathered
about your person, I had to contact you for your assistance in this deal.
I am the Director, Funds Co-ordinator of the Finance/Contract Department of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). My office is also
saddled with the responsibility of screening, categorization and
prioritization of projects embarked upon by (NNPC) as well as feasibility
studies for selected projects and supervising the projects consultants
involved.
A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of the
fourth fiscal quarter of 2000 indicates that the NNPC paid out a whooping
sum of US$736M (Seven Hundred and Thirty Six Million, United States Dollars)
to successful contract beneficiaries. The NNPC is now compiling
beneficiaries to be paid at the third fiscal quarter of 2005.
The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of the NNPC
deliberately over-inflated the contract value of the various contracts
awarded. In the course of disbursement, this department has been able to
track down the sum of US$23.5M (Twenty Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand
U.S. Dollars) as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and
floating in the NNPC domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN). I and my colleagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe
nominate foreign account for possible investment abroad.
We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign
account because of our status as civil/public servants. Hence the need to
solicit for your full Banking details to enable us Transfer this money into
your account on Swift Code.
We have also evolved a sharing formula as follows:-
(1) 30% for the foreign account owner which is you.
(2) 65% for l and my colleagues
(3) 5% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and
internationally during the course of this transaction.
Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to
investment of our share. Be informed that, this business is genuine and
100% safe considering the high powered government officials involved.
Send by email / fax the following information:-
(1) YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS, BANK NAME, ADDRESS AND ACCOUNT NUMBER.
(2) YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
This is to effect the Swift Transfer of this fund into your account in less
than Seven (7) working days. Expecting your immediately on my email:
e_giwa01@yahoo.com while looking forward to a healthy business relationship
with you.
Sincerely,
DR. GEORGE GIWA.
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