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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. Fred Abiola" <fredby@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: abfred2@post.cz
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:08:32 -0700
Subject: compliments of the day
From: DR.FRED ABIOLA
Nigeria National Petroleum Coporation (NNPC)
Federal Secretariat Building,
Suite 112, Falomo - Ikoyi,
Lagos.
Dear Friend,
INVESTMENT
I am DR.FRED ABIOLA, a top management staff in the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-man tender's board in charge of
Contract Awards and Payments Approvals. I came to know of
you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very
confidential transaction that involves the transfer of a huge sum of money
to a foreign account.
There were series of contracts executed by a consortium Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which were:
1. The Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and Accessories to the
Warri, Port-Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries.
2. Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to the victims of the Niger/ Delta
crises.
3. The construction of Schools, Hospitals and Housing Units in the Niger/Delta
Region.
The original value of these contracts was deliberately over invoiced in
the sum of NINE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$9.2m)
which has now been approved and is now ready to be transferred being that
the Companies that actually executed these contracts have been paid and
the projects officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount
to your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws)from
opening and operating foreign accounts in our names. Needless to say, the
trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return;
we have agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall
be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the
parties in the course of the transaction.
You will be mandated to remit the balance 60% to other accounts in due
course.You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following
terms and conditions:
Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.That you would
treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
That as a foreign partner, you will follow our instructions to the latter.Provide
the account required, and competent enough to assist us on profitable
investment areas in your Country in an advisory capacity.
Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of
the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate
transfer of the funds within 10 working days subjected to your satisfaction
of the above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is risk free.
To accord this transaction with the legality it deserves and for mutual
security of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially
and legally processed with your name of any Company you may nominate as
the Bonafide beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 26 years in
the service of my country, I am averse to having my integrity and repute
bastadized.
This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include
this transfer in the third quarter of this financial year. Please acknowledge
the receipt of this message via my altanative e-mail address: abfred2@post.cz
NOTE:PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH YOUR TEL/FAX# SO THAT I COULD SEND ACROSS
DETAILS OF THE TRANSFER AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENT
TO ENABLE US TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR PROVIDED ACCOUNT.
I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
Yours Sincerely,
DR.FRED ABIOLA
__________________________________________________________________
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