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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: "thomas" <mufuthomas@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: mufuthomas@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:14:29 -0800
Subject: BE INFORMED(NNPC)

From:Mr.Mufu Thomas,
Director Projects and evaluation department,
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
TRANSFER OF US$25,500,000.00

I am Mr. Mufu Thomas, a director in the projects and
evaluation department of the Nigeria National
petroleum Corporatipon (NNPC), I head a seven man
Tenders Board Committee in charge of contract award
and Payment approvals. I came to know of you in my
search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very confidential transaction, which involves the
transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1)The expansion of Pipeline network within
Nigeria for crude oil and down stream products
distribution and subsequent evacuation.

2)Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of
various Refineries in the country.

3)The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum
Product (Depots)

The original value of of these contracts were
eliberately over invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five
million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved
and now ready to be transferred.
However the companies that actually executed the
aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the
projects officially commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount into your account for
subsequent disbursement,since we as civil servants are
prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws)from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
amongst ourselves to offer you 15% of the transferred
sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then
be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the follwing terms and conditions; our conviction
of your transparent disposition and dilligence, that
you must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy considering our sensitive
positions in our establishments.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria
and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment
for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 -
14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms. Our as surance is that your role shall be
totally risk free. To accord this transaction the
legality it deserves, and for mutual security of
funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed
with your name or any company you may nominate as the
bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 20years in the Civil Service of my country, I am
very much averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore, be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate
action as we are well behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer in this first quarter of the
2004 fiscal year contract payment.

Please endeavour to reply me in confidential e-mail address:
mufuthomas@hotmail.com


Best regards,
Mr .Mufu Thomas.

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