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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: "Fidelis Duke" <fidelduke4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fidelisduke@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:41:35 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL:
FROM THE DESK OF:THE CHAIRMAN
TENDERS BOARD F.M.P.M.R.
MR FIDELIS DUKE : fidelisduke@o2.pl
SIR
It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this business
proposal to you,I was assigned by two of my colleagues to seek for
a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient Bank
account in a designated Bank overseas for the transfer of
US$36,000,000.00 (Thirty Six Million, United States Dollars only),
pending our arrival in your country for utilization and
disbursement of the fund with the owner of the account.
I am the Chairman, Tenders Board of the Federal Ministry of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Lagos, Nigeria. On 25th January 1996,
our Ministry, The Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources, awarded a contract of US$600,000,000.00 (Six Hundred
Million United States Dollars only), but my colleagues and I being
members of the Contract award Committee over inflated the contract
to the tune of US$636,000,000.00 (Six Hundred and Thirty Six
Million, United States Dollars only), with the intention of sharing
the remaining balance of US$36,000.000.00 amongst ourselves.
The Contract has been successfully executed and the actual
contractors have just been paid their US$ 600,000,000.00 only in
full, leaving a balance of US$36,000,000.00 which we now want to
transfer out of the country in our favour, making it look as if
the payment for the contract has been completed, since we as
Government Officials are not permitted by Law to operate Foreign
bank accounts and secondly, we cannot collect the money from the
source because the contract was undertaken by a foreign firm.
My colleagues and I have agreed if you can act as the beneficiary
of this fund (US$36,000,000.00), we will transfer the money to
any of your nominated Bank account and you will retain 25% of the
total fund for the assistance rendered by you, while we retain 65%
of the total fund, and the balance of 10% of the balance will
be set aside for the offsetting of all expenses that might be
incurred by both parties during the fund transfer process.
We are requesting you to co-operate with us and provide a
convenient account number in a designated bank where this fund can
be safely transferred into since this is our only chance of making
something for ourselves after many years of service, We intend to
come over there on the completion of the fund transfer to
secure our own share of the fund.
Please note that we have been careful worked out all the modalities
for a smooth transfer of the fund to your chosen designated Bank
account before contacting you, We would therefore not want you to
expose this proposal to anybody for the purpose of security and its
confidential nature, We also believe you will not sit on our money
when it is eventually transferred into your account, as you would
get 25% of the fund.
Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, and
the nature of your business has nothing to do with it.
If this proposal is accepted by you, please indicate your interest by
contacting us through my mail address : fidelisduke@o2.pl and sending
us your Account number in a designated bank, Address of the bank,
your full IDENTIFICATION, your private Telephone,Fax and mobile numbers.
On your acceptance, more details about this transaction will be given to
you.
Best regards.
Mr. Fidelis Duke.
THE CHAIRMAN, TENDERS BOARD,F.M.P.M.R.
Reply only on : fidelisduke@o2.pl
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