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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: frankmakan@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 04:29:12 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20Funds=20=28URGENT=29=21=21=21?=

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS CO-OPERATION.

From: Mr. Frank Manaka.

Dear Sir,

This mail will reach you as a surprise, but need not to worry as we are
using the medium available to seek for foreign participation and assistance
in a business transaction, which is of mutual benefit.

I am a member of an audit committee in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and we are presently reviewing contracts awarded to foreign firms
by the past managements of NNPC between 1988 to 1999.

The NNPC is a Nigerian Government owned Oil Company solely responsible for
the worldwide sale of the Nigerian Crude (Bonny-light which is equivalent
to the North Sea Brent) and accounts for over 85% of Nigeria's National
Income.

NATURE AND SIZE OF FUNDS.

In the course of our review of these contract records; my colleagues and
I have secured the sum of Twenty Three Million United States of America
Dollars from the contracts under review. This amount is now successfully
positioned in the NNPC records as outstanding contract payment due to a
foreign contractor and it is our desire to cause this money to be paid to
a foreigner whom we will front as the rightful foreign contractor and beneficiary.


MY PROPOSAL.

As we have perfected the modalities to achieve a hitch free and risk free
operation to realize our desire, I ask you to participate and be the foreigner.
We intend to follow the normal rules, procedures and processes outlined
for the payment of a foreign contractor and we hope to cause payment to
be effected to your accounts within 14 working days.
We have therefore agreed to:

(1) Ask for your full participation/assistance. (2) Use your account for
this transfer. (3) Give you a share of 30% while we benefit 70% from your
account.

Finally, I thank you for your anticipated co-operation while I await your
urgent response to this proposal as timing is a very important tool to the
success of this transaction.

Endeavor also to keep this to yourself only so as to sustain the confidential
nature of this opportunity. Please reply only to e-mail: utmost@ziplip.com
or call 234-804-542-4994

Yours faithfully,
MR. FRANK MANAKA.




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