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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: "patrick onyeka" <patrick_onyeka226@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: patrick_onyeka01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:44:55 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Mr Patrick Onyeka .
The Holy Crescent Mosque.
40/42 Ago Palace Way
IKOYI - V G C
Lagos - Nigeria
PERMISSION TO REMIT US $21 MILLION INTO YOUR COMPANY
OR PRIVATE
ACCOUNT.
It is my pleasure to write and inform you of a
transaction involving the transfer of US
$21,000,000.00 (twenty one million US dollars) only
into a foreign account for safekeeping pending my
arrival with my colleagues for the sharing with you as
the account owner into which the money is remitted. I
am an accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Lagos and this money originated
from over-invoiced contract executed for the
corporation some years back. This contract has long
been completed by a foreign firm and the contractor
duly paid. I now seek if you would permit the surplus
to be remitted into your account. As a matter of fact,
we are top government officials and we cannot come out
openly to claim this amount. This is why we are
looking for a competent and honest company or
individual abroad whose documents would be tendered by
us here in Nigeria as one of the contractors that
executed the project. However, I would wish to receive
your personal assurance that you would not sit on the
money when it goes into your account. More
importantly,you keep confidential this transaction, in
order not to tarnish the confidence repose in the
officials involved in this transaction.
To effect this transfer, I therefore request the
following: YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE NAME OF YOUR BANK
WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO AND ALSO
YOUR PRIVATE FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR QUICK
COMMUNICATION. So far, after due consultations, you
were strongly and reliably recommended to us although
we have not met or entered into any kind of contract
with you before as to know the extent of your honesty,
but based on the recommendation, I personally want to
believe that you are honest enough and would not sit
on the money if finally got into your account. It is
on this note that I consider it proper to write you
asking for your permission and support to transfer
this amount into your account. You should not fear any
risk because we have concluded arrangement to safe
guard you in the transaction. This business is 100%
risk free. Hence it requires high level of confidence
and secrecy.
Meanwhile this is the breakdown of the sharing
modalities:
(A). 10% WILL BE USED TO SETTLE TRANSFER CHARGES AND
LEGAL PROTOCOLS. (B). 30% IS FOR USING YOUR ACCOUNT.
(C). 60% OF IT WILL BE FOR US THE ORIGINATORS. Be
informed that on completion of this business I will
use part of my money to invest in your country under
your care. Please note that the transfer operation
will take seven to ten working days to be completed.
Please contact me by the above e-mail
Thanks
Mr Patrick onyeka.
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