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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: markdavson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 05:58:41 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20ASSISTANCE=20NEEDED=20URGENTLY?=

Attention: Friend

YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED URGENTLY

This mail might come to you as a big surprise but feel very free to deal
with it because it has some goodies in it. Be informed that I got yourcontact
through a business journal in just concluded Delta State Trade Fair,here
in Nigeria.
I am Senator.
Mark Davidson A Personal Assistant to the Director of Finance of Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Delta State operating from Lagos
Liaison Office.

I want to seize this opportunity to inform you that the Obasanjo led administration
has established this organization to assist the Niger Delta oil rich states
in fostering development in their villages and towns in areas of rastructures
such as electricity supply, construction of roads, provision of bore holes
and pipe born water, building of schools
and health centers etc.

This organization (NDDC) has successfully operated for two years now with
so many contracts awarded and executed, and payments effected The Director
of Finance has successfully moved the sum of Thirty Six Point Five Million
United States Dollars ($36.5M USD) only out of the country through Sentinel
Global Finance Security Company to another Bank abroad as fund meant forpayment
of foreign contractors.

This bank in abroad in Europe is responsible for effecting payment to foreign
contractors/ releasing funds to all beneficiaries. What we need from you,is
to present yourself before the bank as the bonafide contractor and claim
the fund for disbursement.
The name of the bank where we deposited the fund is (INTERNATIONAL FUNDS
RELEASE BANK)

Meanwhile, all the vital document(s) concerning the contract and the fund
will be forwarded to you as the transaction progresses.

For your collaboration and role in this transaction, you will be entitled
to 32% of the total sum. Please do take this mail very seriously and not
regard it as one of those junks from Nigeria. This business is real and
legal but personal. There is no risk involved but it has to be kept absolutely
secret at all times because of the governmental personalities involved.

This transaction is estimated to last not more than nine (9) working days
from the very day you indicate interest. If this business interests you,as
I know it will definitely do, and you want to assist us. As the transaction
progresses, I will orward to you my personal Phone and fax numbers forcommunication.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours truly,
Senator. Mark Davidson
E-mail: markdavson22@voila.fr





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