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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: IHEKA CLIFFORD <cliiheka33@unihome.com>
Date: 8 Nov 2004 14:13:02 -0000
Subject: URGENT HELP FOR BUSINESS

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL



FROM:

DR. CLIIFORD IHEKA.

LAGOS - NIGERIA



REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP



First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in

this transaction.In order to commence this business, we solicit your

assistance to enable us transfer into your accountthe said trappedfunds.

The source of this fund is as follows : During the

last Regime here in Nigeria, some Government Officials

set up companies and awarded themselves contracts

which were grossly over-invoiced in various

ministries.The present Government set up a contract

Review Panel and we have identified a lot of

inflated contract funds which are presently floating

in the Central Bank of Nigeria ready for payment.

However, by virtue of our position as civil

servants and members of this panel, we cannot acquire

this money in our names and we are also forbidden tooperate foreign

account as civil servants. I have therefore beendelegated as a matter

of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look for anoverseas partner

into whose account we would transfer the sum of

US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred

Thousand United .States Dollars) Hence we are writingyou this letter.

We have agreed to share the money thus:1. 20% for the Account owner (you)

2. 70% for us (The officials)

3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all localand foreign expenses.

Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and we

hope to comlete the transfer latest seven (7) banking

days from the date of the receipt of thefollowing information:

(a) company's name and address(b) Your Personal TeL. Number and Fax Number

(c) Bank account number and name/Sort/ABA/Routingnumbers were the

funds will be transfered to.(d) Your Bankers Address, Telephone and Fax Number.

The above information will enable us write letters of

claim and job description respectively. This way we

will use your company's name to apply

for payment and re-award the contract in your

company's name. We are looking forward to doing this

business with you and solicit your confidentiality in

this transaction.Please acknowledge the receipt of

this letter reaching me with my alternative emailaddress:cliiheka11@yahoo.co.uk

I will bring you into the complete picture of this

pending project when I have heard from you.



Your faithfully,

DR. DR CLIIFORD IHEKA



NOTE:IT WILL BE NICE IF YOU LET US KNOW AS TO WHETHER YOUWILL BE ASSISTING

US WITH THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE TIME IS OF ESSENCE INTHIS PROJECT.

ALSO, WHERE YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED, DO LET US KNOW SOTHAT WE CAN SCOUT

FOR ANOTHER OVERSEA PARTNER TO ASSIST US.

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