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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: moh1kolloma@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:17:39 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20DR=2EMOHAMMED=20KOLLOMA=20=28VERY=20URGENT=29?=

PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL

Compliments of the season. I am the chief engineer and a member of the Tender
Board Committee of the Nigeria National PetroleumCorporation, Lagos. After
due consultation with other members of the Committee, I have specifically
been mandated to arrange and negotiate for trusted foreign firm of individual
account overseas for a possible transfer of some fund being an over invoiced
sum resulting from various contracts executed by foreign companies for my
Ministry.

NATURE OF CONTRACT: Supply of B.P.S.D chemical, erection and system Optimization
of super polypro for warri refinery. Supply of capacity turbine flow axle,
and computerized conveyer for plant A-D Warri refinery. Activation of axle
turbine pipes flow plants and liters flow for Kaduna refinery. OBJECTIVES:
It should be noted that original value of these contracts were purposely
over invoiced by we, the Tender Board Committee Members with the sum of
Thirty eight million five hundred thousand US Dollars($38.5M). Now all firms
involved have been paid accordingly and the project commissioned. At this
juncture therefore, we want to transfer this inflated sum to a trusted foreigner´s
account as the true beneficiary, through the Central Bank of Nigeria. We
as Civil Servants are not allowed to operate foreign Account.

BENEFIT: we have therefore, agreed to give you 30% of the amount, while
5% will be set aside to offset any expenses incurred during the transaction.
And 65% will be for us the officials.
REQUIREMENT: All modalities have efficiently and secretly worked out with
the top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of
Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this fund into your Account within
the shortest working days of receiving the following Bank information from
you.Thus: - The Name, Address, Telephone, Fax and your account numbers of
the Bank where you wish the Fund to be transferred. Your Company´s name,
Telephone and Fax numbers. Your Personal phone and fax numbers for private
discussions.

On receipt of this Bank information, all arrangements shall be perfected
here for a successful and hitch-free transfer of this fund to your Account.
Utmost confidential and trust is highly needed. All your replies should
be strictly on my direct e-mail address. This transaction is 100% free and
does not depend on any specific field of trade. Reach me on this email.
if you are interested in my proposal.

Best Regards,

Dr.Mohammed Kolloma.





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