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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: "Nassir Buba" <nassirbuba234@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nassirbuba@COMPUTERMAIL.NET
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:24:03 +0000
Subject: greetings!!!
FROM: NASSIR BUBA
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
KOFO ABAYOMI STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
This letter may come to you as a surprise but it was borne out of my sincere
desire to share a mutual business relationship with you.
First, your strictest confidence in this transaction is highly solicited.
This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret.
I am a top government official with a statutory corporation and member of an
ad hoc committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to review
contract awarded by past administration. In the course of identifying,
scrutinizing and recommending for the payment of all valid contract
executed, we discovered a huge sum of money amounting to USD41.5M (Forty One
Million five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) on grossly over invoiced contract
already awarded and executed for the Department of Petroleum Resources.
Having cleaned the 'AUGEAN STABLE' we intend to transfer the balance of
USD41.5M presently floating in our apex bank of Nigeria to our own benefit
and advantage.
However, we request for your unwavering assistance in this regard because as
civil servants we are prohibited under the civil service code of conduct
bureau from operating a foreign account or running a foreign company unless
after retirement in this vain we want you to front for us as partner to
enable us lodge the funds speedily into your account. Bear in mind that no
risk is attached to this project and all logistics are in place and
modalities worked out for the smooth conclusion within a stipulated time.
This is in accordance with the fact that you must never betray the trust
already reposed on you. We have decided to compensate you with 30% of the
total sum for your support, 60% for us while 10% for miscellaneous expenses
from your side and my side, (local and international).
Please, provide your confidential phone and fax number to enable me contact
you for further discussion on this matter.
Please advise in your return e-mail if any time is confidential enough to
call you.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Nassir Buba
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