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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: "Rev Ben" <revben05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulosadebe@ny.com
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:54:32 +0000
Subject: Greetings
Dear Sir,
You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I got your contact As a
result of my desperate desire for assistance, and though this mail is
Unsolicited I pray you be humane to consider it. I have decided to contact
you for confidential, urgent and rewarding joint business.
My name is Dr.Paul Osadebe; I am from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
the chairman, Contract Award Committee of Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). I have been on this position for the past ten years; but
I have nothing to show for it. I will love it, if the both of us could do
business together, which will be of mutual benefit.
Since I am the Chairman Contract Award Committee, I will award a Forty
million US dollars ($40 million USD) contract in your favour to supply Gas
Turbines and equipments. A Mobilization (up front) fee of twenty million U.S
Dollars ($20 million USD) will be given to you to start the supply. But as
soon as the mobilization fees gets to your hands, you are not going to do
the supply. You and myself will share this mobilization fee on a 50-50 basis
(Equally). The reason why I want us to share this start up fee is because I
have been in this Position as the chairman for the past ten years, and I
don’t have a personal house of my own, my salary is a peanut. I cannot
adequately take care of my children. In fact, things are very difficult for
me. If I retire, I will have nothing to fall back on. People come sometimes
to seek for favour from me and after awarding them contracts; they’ll not
remember me again.
A lot of people promised and failed me. As a result of this, I want to help
my self this time because I’ll not want to die a poor man. If we do this
business Together, with your full co-operation and support, we will
successfully complete it within five days. I am the person who will
authorize the release the start up fee to you.
You have nothing to fear. I want you to remove anything like fear from your
mind. This is the safest business you can ever think of. I will give you
more information on how we are going to do this business as soon as I
receive your reply showing that you are ready to do the business with me.
But please do not discuss this business with anybody, even your best friends
until we have finished successfully.
I will want you to reply me immediately so that I can tell you the next step
to take. In your reply, please include your full names, address, and private
telephone /
Mobile and fax numbers.
Best Regards
Dr.Paul Osadebe
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