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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: tililongjohn2@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:04:31 +0000
Subject: VITAL

DR. Tili Longjohn,
DIRECTORATE OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,
FEDERAL SECRETARIATE COMPLEX,
GARKI,
ABUJA.

3/NOC/04

REPLY TO>>>>>>>>>>
(tililongjohn2@tiscali.it)


DEAR FRIEND,

REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION

First, I must solicit your understanding of this transaction and if the
contents of this mail does meet with your business or personal ethics, I
humbly crave your indulgence.

I, on behalf of my colleagues from different Federal Government of
Nigeria owned parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as regards
transfer of US$24,400,000.00 (Twenty four Million,Four Hundred Thousand
US Dollars) into your bank account.

These funds emanated from unclaimed contractual proceeds of foreign
contracting firms who could not meet their financial obligations to
their creditors.We, as holders of sensitive positions in our various
parastatals, were mandated by the Federal Government to scrutinise all
payments made to certain foreign contractors and we discovered that some
of the contractors have not been paid their contractual entitlement
which collectively left the sum of US$29,400,000.00 (Twenty Nine
Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars) lying in a suspended Account.

However, from our investigations, I discovered that the foreign
beneficiary companies have since been liquidated, and to all intents and
purposes no longer exist in Nigeria, thus providing me with this
opportunity, provided that I have a capable partner, to execute a
transaction of this nature.

I agreed that the said amount would be transferred into an overseas
Bank Account to be provided by a reliable foreign firm/associate. This
is because as serving Government worker the Civil Service Code does not
allow me to operate foreign Account. In my initial attempt to do this,
I succeeded in transferring part of this amount US$5m (Five Million
Dollars) into a United States Dollar Account in Beirut, Lebanon, but our
foreign associate failed to honour our mutual agreement insisting
instead that the total amount be transferred into the Account before we
can share the money. As a result, I have lost confidence in the ability
of our Lebanese partner to see this matter to its logical conclusion,
and until the initial transaction is satisfactorily resolved, I have
cancelled further transactions with him.

In the light of the foregoing, it is clear that I require a partner
that is not only capable of rendering assistance and co-operation in
executing this matter, but will honour the terms of agreement when we
reach the concluding stages of this transaction. I therefore will offer
a promising percentage of the said sum in return for services/assistance
rendered in successfully carrying out this project, while 10% shall be
set aside for Incidental expenses (internal and external) between both
parties in the course of the transaction you will be mandated to remit
the balance to other accounts in due course.. I trust that you
appreciate the sensitive nature of this matter and the need for initial
caution on our part, but when a relationship is confidently established
and operations commence you will be provided with all relevant
information.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest level of the Ministry of
Finance and the Federal Reserved Bank of Nigeria for the immediate
transfer of the funds within 14 working days subject to your
satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role
is risk free and to accord this transaction the legality It deserves and
for mutual security of the funds the whole approval procedures will be
officially and legally processed with your name or the name of any
company you may nominate as the bona- fide beneficiary.

I remain at your disposal to entertain any questions/enquiries relating
to this proposition and you may contact me as a matter of urgency via my
confidential e-mail address; tililongjohn@tiscali.it, for further
information on the procedures and requirements of this transaction.

Once more I want you to understand that having put in over twenty five
years in the civil service of my country, I am adverse to having my
image and career dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency it deserves. In your reply, remember to
indicate a safe telephone number where I can always reach you for
further clarification.

My confidential mail address remains; tililongjohn2@tiscali.it

Thanks and Godbless,

Dr.Tili Longjohn.Phd Ppf






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