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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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From: "charles jude" <charlesjude44@tulsaemail.com>
Reply-To: charlesjude41@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:45:30 -0700
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS.
*From: Dr. Charles Jude,
The Chief Financial Director,
Independent National Electoral Commission,
(INEC) Abuja Federal Capital - Nigeria.*
**
** *Attention:* * **Sir* *,*
* PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS.
Compliments. A friend inneed is a friend indeed. It is my warmest pleasure
writing you this confidential business offer inrespective of the fact that
we have not met or done any thing that will re-impose absolute confidence
but never the less.
I am very determined to communicate you with much beleive that you will
give my proposal a consideration.
As earlier stated I am Dr. Charles Jude, a Financial Director working with
Inec. My Agency is in charge of conducting elections in my country Nigeria
and by the virtue of my unique position in office as the Chief Financial
Director.
I was elevated by the commission to become the chairman of foreign contract
tender board committee whose responsibility is to award and supervise
foreign contract to ensure it is executed promptly.
Consequently, I the chairman of the tender board committee in collaboration
with two other top committee members over-invoiced certain contract for the
supply of electoral equipments needed for the just concluded election held
in my country.
The initial cost of the contract was pegged at US$50 million, base on the
feasibility that was done but while submitting my report to the office of
the presidency for final approval, we deliberately inflated the cost to an
excess amount of US$ 30 million making the cost to be US$ 80 million.
Right now, the gist of contacting you is we are having difficulties to claim
the extra fund which is US$30milliom due to certain laws enacted by the
government guiding civil service code of conduct Bureau which prohibits top
civil servants working under Government establishment from operating
offshore or foreign Account and this situation has kept us in a fix to
openly come forward to claim the outstanding balance mentioned, hence after
series of private meetings we decided to make contact in order to get a
reliable foreign partner whom we will forward his or her credentials to
claim the fund based on mutual trust and agreement.
In a nutshell, we need your assistance and support to claim this fund so
that once the funds is claimd, we will be using for investment at the later
time convenient for us, we will come over to your country after the funds
must have been transferred to meet you and collect our own percentage while
you will keep the rest as yours.
For your support and total dedication to realize the objectives of this
operation, you shall be entitled to 20% of the sum total while 80% of the
fund belongs to the three officials involved in the deal.
Note, you are vividly assured that you will not be subjected to any kind of
risk for your support and involvement in this venture because we have
piloted a good strategy to ensure the operations goes smoothly of which we
have targeted two weeks duration to accomplished our Aim and should you find
interest in this confidential transaction please let me have your response
as quickly as possible and indicate your phone number to call you for a
brief discussion.
Kindly treat this matter Absolutely confidential because the officials
involved are still in service and some of us intend to resign our
appointment immediately the transaction is finalized.
I look forward to hearing positively from you while further details will be
given as soon as I get your response.
Best Regard,
Dr. Charles Jude,*
*The Chief Financial Director,
Independent National Electoral Commission,
(INEC) Abuja Federal Capital - Nigeria.
Pls let me have your number to call you to discuss on this matter very well.
*
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