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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: "ziko ahmed" <ahmedziko@mailbox.hu>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:40:10 -0700
Subject: INFORMATION
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FACT FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES
TINUBU SQUARE,LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL:zikoahmedffsdcb@gawab.com<EMAIL%3Azikoahmedffsdcb@gawab.com>
SIR,
MY NAME IS ALHAJI ZIKO AHMED, I AM A DIRECTOR OF FACT FINDINGS AND SPECIAL
DUTIES,I AM NEWLY APPOINTED TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE APEX BANK
(CBN).AND I AM A MUSLEM IN NIGERIA. INPURSUIT,I AND TWO STAFFS OF MY
DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT SOME IRREGULARITIES GOING ON WITH YOUR PAYMENT WITH THE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN),WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE MET ALL THE
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO EFFECT THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT WITH YOUR BANK .
BUT I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU ON
THE PRETEXT TO HELP YOU RECEIVE YOUR MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE CBN. I WILL
ADVISE YOU FROM THIS MOMENT TO DESIST FROM COMMUNICATING WITH THESE
UNSCRUPLOUS ELEMENTS THAT PARADED THEMSELVES TO BE GOOD INNOCENT PEOPLE,I
WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT DESIST FROM THIS BAD ELEMENTS THAT
YOU WILL CONTIUNE PAYING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM AND WITH THEIR
ENDLESS STORIES,REQUESTING ONE CERTIFICATE TO ANOTHER. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT
SINCE LAST YEARS THIS THEIR FRAUDULENT CHARACTER HAD STARTED AND NON OF THEM
CAN PAY YOU THE SUPPOSED MONEY.
NOTE THAT ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE PAID TO THEM WAS USED FOR THEIR OWN
PERSONAL INTEREST/BENEFITS,I REITERATED THAT YOU SHOULD STOP ANY FURTHER
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS UNBELIEVERS,IT IS A PITY THAT THIS PEOPLE HAD
EXTORTED MUCH MONEY FROM YOU BUT I HAD PERSONALLY INTRODUCED A DEVICE THAT
CAN BE POSSIBLY USE TO PAY YOU ALL THIS MONEY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER
DOCUMENTATIONS,BUT IT MUST BE KEEPT SECRET BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE METHOD
THE FOREIGN CURRENCIES DO CAME INTO THE COUNTRY IT WILL BE ARRANGED THROUGH
DIPLOMATIC PREFERENCE CARRIAGE SHCHEME.
I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT WILL CONTAINE $10M AND OF $100 BILLS TO
YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS AND AFTER RECEIPT OF THE BOXES AND YOU CONFIRM THE
CONTENTS FROM YOUR BANK, I WILL SEND TO YOU ANOTHER BATCH BUT I WILL ADVISE
THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ANY BODY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS METHOD TO AVOID PEOPLE EYE
BROW. I HAVE ARRANGED WITH THE COURIER COMPANY,THE COMPANY AGREED TO
DESPATCH THE BOXES BUT I DID NOT TELL THEM THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS BECAUSE THE
COURIER COMPANY,S DO NOT CARRY PHYSICAL CASH FOR DESPATCH,WHAT I WIL DECLARE
TO THEM AS THE CONTENTS OF THE BOXES IS SENSITIVE FILMS AND FILM MATERIALS
,SO THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THE
FILMS DOES NOT REQUIRE SUNRAYS OR CONTACT WITH AIR .
I WILL FINALLY CONCLUDE WITH THE COURIER COMPANY WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR GO
AHEAD ORDER ,KINDLY STOP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THESE PEOPLE AND DO NOT
PAY ANY MORE MONEY TO THEM OR TO THOSE CALLED THEMSELVES BANK OFFICIALS,I
WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATIONS AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR GO AHEAD
ORDER,THAT YOU WILL COMPENSATE ME AND MY COLLEAGES WITH THE SUM OF$500,000 .
AWAITING YOUR REPLY
BEST REGARDS
ALHAJI ZIKO AHMED
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