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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: "Dr James Oduah" <nddc_jodua@mailsurf.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:22:12 +0100
Subject: Urgent Letter From (NDDC) Directors
From Dr. James Oduah,
Secretary to the Niger Delta Development Commission,
Old Secretariat Complex,
Victorial-Island, Lagos.
Dear Sir,
I am a highly placed official of Government of
Nigeria and also a founding member of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
My committee - The Niger Delta Development
Commission(NDDC)-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 NDDC are
currently in need of a foreign partner with whose bank
account we shall transfer the sum of Forty Nine Million
Five Hundred Thosand United States Dollars($49.5m).
This fund was accrued from various over invoicing of foreign
contractors' payments made over the years.
The Total fund is presently waiting in the
Government Account named CBN/FGN INDEPENDENT REVENUE
account Central Bank of Nigeria.However, by virtue
of our position as civil servants and members of
the NDDC, 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.
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my
colleagues, to look for an overseas partner in whose
account we would transfer the fund,hence the reason
for this mail.We shall be Transferring the money to
your account with your company 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 siphon the funds through.
For your support and partnership,please reply me to
negotiate your fees or the percentage you wish to be
paid when the funds arrive your bank account.
You must however note that this transaction, with
regards to our disposition to continue with you, is
subject to these terms. Firstly, our conviction of
your transparency.Secondly, that you treat this
transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
Finally and above all, that you will provide an account
over which you have absolute control .
The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate
and there is no risk or legal lliability 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 including fax number.
I am looking forward to doing business with you and
do solicit your confidentiality in this transaction,
Please mail your response to me through my
confidential email address; nddc_jodua@mailsurf.com
for me to update you on our plans as to how we intend to
actualize this transaction.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. James Oduah.
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