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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: "musa" <musabello_associate1@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: musa7bello@myway.com
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:39:55 -0700
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
From Mr Musa Bello.
Direct contacts email:musa7bello@myway.com,
Dear Friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. This is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. You
have been recommended by an associate who assured me in confidence of
your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great
magnitude involving a pending business transaction requiring maximum
confidence.
We are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel
who are interested in importation of goods into our country with funds
which are presently trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence this
business we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account
the said trapped funds.
The source of this fund is as follows: During the past Military
Regimes here in Nigeria, government officials set up companies and awarded
themselves contract which were grossly over-invoiced in various
Ministries. As a result, the Democratic Government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
deemed it neccessary to set up a Contract Review Panel to investigate
and recommend accordingly. After a thorough investigation, we discovered
a lot of inflated contract funds which are presently floating in the
Central Bank of Nigeria. We (members) have unanimously agreed to
transfer part of these funds to a foreign account However, by virtue of
our
position as civil servants and members of this Panel, we cannot acquire
this money in our names. I have therefore, been delegated as a matter
of trust by my colleagues in the Panel to look for an Overseas partner
into whose account we would transfer the sum of US$26,400,000.00
(Twenty six Million, Four Hundred Thousand US. Dollars). Adequate logistics
a
nd strategies had been worked out to ensure a successful transfer with
your maximum co-operation. Hence we are writing you this letter.
We have agreed to share the money thus:
1. 25% for the account owner (you)
2. 65% for us (the officials)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local and foreign
expenses.
We wish to commence the importation business with our own share, please
note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commence and
conclude the transfer latest in ten (10) banking days from the date of
receipt of the following information through the above e-mail: your
current tel/fax number, your name/company name and address.
The above information will enable us write letters of claim and job
description respectively and these will be used to apply for payment and
re-award the contract.We are looking forward to doing business with you
and solicit your confidentiality in this transaction. Please
acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above E-MAIL Address. I
will
bring you into the complete picture of this project when I have heard
from you.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Musa Bello.
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