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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: "Chief Umana Umana" <cum_1010@email.ee> (may be fake)
Reply-To: cum_1010@didamail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:29:47 +0100
Subject: Greetings
FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF UMANA UMANA
Dear Sir,
Firstly, I apologize for breaking into your privacy,
however I have decided to contact you through this
medium due to the urgency of this proposed business
transaction.
It is with my profound dignity that I write you this
very important and highly confidential letter. I must first solicit your strictest confidentiality in this transaction.
This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, considering the
fact that we have not met each other before, but I am
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
I am Dr/Chief Umana Umana an Accountant by profession and also a Director General in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Right now I am presently the chairman of the Contract
Awards/Review and Payment Approvals committee
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
We are looking for a very reliable and God-fearing
person to handle a very confidential business transaction for us, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum CONFIDENCE.
Our duties include Evaluation, Vetting, and Approval for payment of Contract jobs done for the N.N.P.C etc.
In order to commence this business we solicit for
your assistance to enable us transfer into your Account the said funds.
The source of these funds is as follows: In the first
quarter of 2002 this committee was mandated to review
and award contracts to the tune of over US$400 million
US dollars to a group of five firms for the supply,
construction and installation of Oil Pipe lines in
Warri and Port Harcourt Refinaries.
During this process my colleagues and I decided and
agreed among ourselves to deliberately over-inflate
the total contract sum from US$400 million to US$416.5 million with the main intention of
sharing the remaining sum of US$16.5 million amongst
ourselves.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has since last year
approved the sum of US$416.5 million for us as the
contract payment, and the sum of US$400 million has also been paid to the foreign companies
concerned as contract entitlements for the various
jobs done, but since the companies
are entitled to US$400 million dollars only, we are
now left with US$16.5 million dollars balance in the account which we intend to disburse amongst ourselves quickly, but by virtue of our positions as civil
servants and members of this panel, we cannot do this
by ourselves, as we are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws)from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in our names while still
in Government service, making it impossible for us to
acquire the money in our names right now. I have therefore, been delegated as a matter of
trust and urgency by my colleagues in the panel to
look for an overseas partner into whose account we would transfer the sum of US$16.5 million.
Hence I am writing you this letter. My Colleagues and
I have agreed that if you or your company can act as the beneficiary of these funds on our behalf, you or your Company will retain 20% of the total amoun(US$16.5
million), while 70% will be for us (OFFICIALS) and the
remaining 10% will be used in offsetting all debts/expenses and Taxes incurred both local and foreign in the cause of this transfer.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return we demand
your complete honesty and trust.
It may also interest you to know that two years ago similar
transaction was carried out with one Mr George Brooks of ( BROGE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION) at number 135, east 57th street, 28TH floor,new york 10022 with telephone (212)308-7788 and telex number 6731689,after the agreement between both partners in which he was to take 20% of the remitted fund (fifteen million united state dollars $15.000.000.)was duly transferd into his account
only to be disappointed on our arrival in new york as we were told that Mr Brooks was no longer on that address,while his telephone number had been re-allocated to somebody else,that is how we lost our money to Mr Brooks.
This time around we need a more reliable and trusted person or a reputed company to transact this project with hence this proposal to you,so if you can prove yourself to be trustworthy ready to partake in this project then we are prepare to do business with you.
You must however NOTE therefore, that
this transaction will be strictly based on the following terms and conditions as we have stated below;
a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence
b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost
secrecy and confidentiality
c) That you will not ask for more share or try to sit
on the funds once it is under your custody, or any
form of blackmail.
d) That upon receipt of the funds you will release
the funds as instructed by us after you have removed
your share of 20% from the total amount.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe, legal
and risk free and we hope to conclude this transaction
14 bank working days from the date of receipt of the necessary requirements from you.
We are looking forward to doing business with you and solicit your Total Confidentiality in this transaction. There is no cause for alarm. I give you my word that you are completely safe
in doing business with us. Transactions like this have
been successfully carried out in the past by most Government executives.
Here in my country there is great economic and political disarray and thus looting
and corruption is rampant and the order of the day
amongst high ranking government officials, thus explaining why you might have heard stories
of how money is been looted out of Nigeria most
especially by our pastPresidents and Leaders, they are doing it for their own selfish interest while we
are doing it because we have to secure a good future
for ourselves and our families, so that when we retire from active service we do not
languish in poverty. I will explain more to you when I
have heard from you. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter I will bring you into the complete
picture of this pending business transaction when I have heard from you and also receive your
Private telephone and fax numbers to enable me
fax to you all necessary information you need to know about our pending business
transaction. Your urgent response will be highly
appreciated to enable us still transfer the funds under this Last quarter
of the year 2004,
Thank you and God Bless.
Yours faithfully,
Chief Umana Umana
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