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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: "Dr. Collins Otutu" <collinsotutu@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: collinsotutu123@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:53:07 +0100
Subject: REPLY SOON !!!


DR. COLLINS OTUTU,
DIRECTORATE OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,
# 24 KOFO ABAYOMI CRESCENT,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
ABUJA.


DEAR FRIEND,

REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION

First, I must solicit your understanding of this transaction and if the
contents of this email 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$41,500,000.00 (Fourty one Million,five 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$46,500,000.00
(Fourty six Million, five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) lying in a suspended
Account.

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

We 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 workers the Civil Service Code does not permit us
to operate foreign Account. In our initial attempt to do this, we 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,
we 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, we have cancelled further transactions with him.

In the light of the foregoing, it is clear that we 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. We therefore offer the amount of 30% of the
entire 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. We
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 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 e-mail
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.

Thanks and Godbless,

Dr. Collins Otutu




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