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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: r_anderson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:56:37 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WE=20NEED=20TO=20DISCUSS=20THIS=20MATTER=20ASAP?=
SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
44 MARINA HOUSE, LAGOS NIGERIA.
PHONE:234-8056753108,
WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER ASAP,
FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION; THIS IS BY VIRTUE
OF ITS NATURE AS BEING CONFIDENTIAL. I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE
WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BY E-MAIL DUE
TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION.
LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU. I AM MR. RHODES ANDERSON,GROUP
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND ACCOUNT OF NNPC FORMERLY IN LINE WITH SHELL
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN JOINT VENTURE (NNPC/SPDC). I CAME TO
KNOW OF YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO
HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF THE
SUM OF THIRTY-FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO A RELIABLE ACCOUNT ABROAD.
THIS AMOUNT WAS SECURED FROM EXCESS OIL SALES FROM NIGERIA CRUDE OIL. THE
SUM OF $1.2 BILLION OIL WINDFALL WAS RELIEVED BY THE NNPC AND SHELL PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2002.ORGANISATION OF PETROLEUM
EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) CRUDE OIL PRICE WAS PEG AT $22.00 PER BARREL
AND FORTUNATELY FOR OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES LIKE NIGERIA,THERE WAS RISES
IN OIL PRICE TO ABOUT $27.00 AND $28.00 PER BARREL AND AS A RESULT THERE
WAS EXCESS OIL SALES AND I BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE AWARE OF THIS RISE IN OIL
PRICE IN LAST TWO YEARS.
OUT OF THIS $1.2 BILLION EXCESS OIL FUNDS, MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF BECAUSE
OF OUR POSITION IN THE ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF THE NNPC AND SHELL PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DIVERTED THE SUM OF THIRTY-FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS WE WANT TO TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WHICH IS IN THE EXCESS CRUDE
OIL SALES ACCOUNT WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
TO ENABLE THE BANK TRANSFER THIS US$35M SECURED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT YOU
WILL BE ACTING AS ONE OF OUR CONTRACTOR AND THIS MONEY WILL BE PAID IN YOUR
FAVOR. NOTE, THE REASON FOR THE TRANSFER OF THESE THIRTY-FIVE MILLION US
DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR INCAPABILITY AS GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS TO OWN A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, AS IT IS UNLAWFUL BY LAW IN NIGERIA
AS CIVIL SERVANTS.
ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT WILL BE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF AND THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE AS
ALL THE MODALITIES FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
HAS BEEN CONCLUDED ALREADY. MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU
THE PERCENTAGE MEDIUM BELOW:
WE SHALL OFFER YOU 20%OF THE TOTAL MONEY AFTER SUCCESSFUL LODGING IN TO
YOUR ACCOUNT, 10% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF THE
TRANSFER, WHILE 70% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS HERE. WHICH PART OF IT
WILL BE FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY STRICTLY ON YOUR ADVICE.
TO ENABLE US PROCEED WITH THIS BUSINESS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND ME YOUR
DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR VERBAL DISCUSSION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.RHODES ANDERSON
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