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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. Rilwanu Lukman" <lukman11@hawaii.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lukmen@hawaii.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:49:10 +0100
Subject: Confidential
Attention:
It is my pleasure to contact you for assistance and
business co-operation. I know the content of this
letter might be surprising to you but I assure you
that every word of it is true. Even though we hardly
know each other I believe you can help me..
I am Dr. Rilwanu lukman,President Adviser on Petroleum
and Energy and Alternate Chairman of N.N.P.C
Board&also OPEC President Designate.My office monitors
the sales and lifting of crude oil and petroleum
product by foreign dealers. With the cooperation of my
assistant and head of the audit committee attached to
the task force, I have successfully saved about
US$37.5 million.This money is as a result of allocation of excess crude oil
to the foreign dealers, which has been sold but this money is not entered in
the financial statement of my task force. This money was lying unclaimed in
the account of the task force, known onlyto me and the chief security
officer in our ministry who help me in moving the fund out through his
security network and me involved in the excess
allocation. However, the legislators of the new democratic Government of my
country have set up a panel to look into the past activities of some
government companies and parastatals. I do not want the panel to discover
the money I saved. I cannot lodge this money into my private bank account.
In my country, public servants are not permitted to operate any account in
excess of $500,000 US Dollars. Now the idea is to have a foreign partner
whom the sum will be transferred to. I have concluded arrangement and
transfered this money to a finance company for safekeeping to avoid the
government from seizing this fund . All you have to do is to give me your
private address, phone and fax lines and . I will send you the details of
the transfer and necessary document as soon as you provide them.
If you can assist me transfer this money into your
nominated bank account,I will give you 20% of the
amount. You will keep the remaining sum for my wife
pending her arrival to your country. We intend to invest 50% of the sum in
business. With your knowledge and past experience your advice will be highly
needed for the investment. We would want to know the lucrative
business areas in your country we can invest on with
the 50% of the sum. Don't worry about any problem in this business. I assure
it is safe and no risk is involved. No other party is aware of the sum from
the excess allocation except my partner and me. However, this transaction
should be secret and confidential.
I awaits your reply on your participation or not, so
that I can search for another willing person. Your
quick response matters.
Best regards
Dr. Lukman Rilwanu
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