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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: "Mr.Joseph Ikorodu" <ji4002@msn.com>
Reply-To: mjikorodu@inMail24.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:16:40 +0000
Subject: Hello..
Mr.Joseph Ikorodu.
Secretary, Niger Delta Development Commission,
Old Secretariat Complex,
Victorial-Island, Lagos.
Dear Friend,
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an
overseas account were we would transfer some funds into, hence the reason
for this mail. We shall be Transferring the money to your account with you
as the beneficiary, under the guise that you are being paid for a
contract which you/your company executed for our country through the NDDC
and any other Federal Ministry that we decide to use to siphone the funds
through.
I am Mr. Joseph Ikorodu, an official in the Nigerian Government and also a
founding member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I guess this
mail will come to you as a surprise, I belive it's God's direction, the fact
is that you and two other people where the result of my search for a
foreign contact.
My committee - The Niger Delta Development Commission (N.D.D.C.) -
which is in charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales
revenues for the Nigerian Government which covers payment to foreign and
local contractors that have executed contracts for our country. The revenue
under our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly.
Myself and other colleagues in the N.D.D.C. are currently in need of a
foreign
partner with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Nine Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($9.5M). This fund was accrued
from various over invoicing of foreign contractor's payments made over the
years.
The Total fund is presently waiting in the Government Account named CBN/FGN
INDEPENDENT REVENUE account of the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, by
virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the N.D.D.C., we
cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top civil
servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank
accounts outside our country for now.
For your support and partnership, please reply me to talk about Your
percentage . You must however note that this transaction with regards to our
disposition to continue with you, is subject to the terms. Firstly, our
conviction of your transparency, Secondly that you treat this
transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality and above all, that you
will provide
an account over which you have absolute control. This transaction, although
discrete, is legitimate and there is no risk or legal liability either to
ourselves or yourself now or in the future as we have put in place the
neccesary machinery that will ensure a hitch free transfer into your
account upon acceptance.
The transfer will be effected to your account within ten to fourteen (10-14)
working days from the date we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a
suitable bank account and company name and address with all your contact
numbers fax/telephone.
I look forward to doing business with you and do seek your transparency in
this transaction, Please mail your response so I can also give you my phone
contact numbers and update you on our plans as to how we intend to actualize
this. Moreso, I will also appreciate you send me your Telephone/Fax number
in your response.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Joseph Ikorodu
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