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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: "rasa rasaki" <rasarasaki01@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:03:50 +0000
Subject: VERY INTERESTING AND FREE RISK.........

MR.RASA RASAKI
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT PETROLEUM TRUST FUNDS
PRIVATE E-mail:rasarasaki02@yahoo.com
PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER:234-80-30819087

Greetings

The government initiated an upward adjustment petroleum products
pricing .The goal for creating this fund was to invest the money expected in
social and infrastructural projects to the benefit of all Nigerians .

Towards realisng this goal the petroluem [ special] trust fund PTF
degree 25 dated 4th october 1994 was published . the PTF decree as
amended by decree No 1 of 2003 , established the PTF management board under
an
executive chairman . Its Director of projects [myself ] was to run the
organisational contracts awards and finance buraucracy .As of date my
organisation has over US$ 1.5 billion at our disposal for projects
executed .

In league and in conjuction with some members of the board , we have
disigned a scheme to invest abroad some proceeds of these funds that
emanated from the over invoiced contract projects we` ve so far awarded
to some multinational companies . With the monetary and financial
instruments at our disposal we have set aside the sum of US$ 86 million
Dollars to
care of our personal interest. Presently, this money is in PTF floating
account awaiting its transaction abroad but with our possition in
government, we are prohibited under the law to operate foreign account
in our names .

Due to this restriction we decided to look for a reliable partner
abroad that will provide us a good account to lodge this funds and to take
control of this funds on our behalf prior to its disbursement .We are
willing to offer you 20% of the total amount paid into your account and
10% will be any expenses . My colleagues and I will take the balance of
70% apart from your own inbuit commision in the transaction, we are!
also ready to give you some percentage of the funds to cover your own
expences upon conformation of receipt of these funds to your designated
account


If this proposal is OK to you , Please contact me on my direct e-mail
above as soon as possible enclosing your corporate account details
where you will like us to lodge this funds . Prior to the lodgment, we hope
to exchange an adequate memorandum of understanding to guide both yours
and our interest in this transaction .
Please your Direct telephone and fax number is needed for easy
communication.

This matter should be treated with utmost confidentiality.
best regards

MR.RASA RASAKI.

[Director of projects petroleum special trust fund].

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA.

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