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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: "Frederick Amos" <fred301@tiscali.cz> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fredamos_1000@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:09:42 +0100
Subject: FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY
FROM THE DESK OF: Dr.FREDERICK AMOS
Director,of Project Implementation,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Ikoyi, Lagos.
Sir/Madam,
URGENT ASSISTANCE
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
First and foremost, I apologised using this medium to reach you
for a transaction of this
magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access
reposed on this medium.
I have decided to seek a confidential cooperation with you in the
execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and
hope
you will keep it as a top secret due of its sensitive nature.
Your particulars were given to me by a member of the Nigerian Export
Promotion
Council(NEPC) who was at the Federal Government Delegation to your
country
during a trade exhibition. I have decided to seek a confidential
cooperation
with you Through your E-mail in the execution of the deal described
hereunder
for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top
secret
because of the nature of this business.
Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I work as a
Director,Project
Implementation and with the cooperation of four other top
officials,we
have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling Twenty-one
million,Five
Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars(US$21,500,000.00) which we
want to transfer abroad with assistance and cooperation of a foreign
company/individual
to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign
non-company
account to receive such funds. Moreso, we are handicapped in the
circumstances
as the Nigeria Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us as
civil
servant to operate offshore accounts,hence your importance in the
whole
transaction.
The amount represents the balance of the total contract value
executed
on
behalf of my Ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been
paid
to the origional contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the
said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by
Telegraphic
Transfer (T.T) to foreign bank account you will provide by filing in
an
application through the Federal Ministry of Justice for the transfer
of
rights and privileges of the formal contractor to you.
Since the new civilian government of my country is determined to pay
every
foreign contractor all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship
with
foreign government and non-governmental financial agencies, therefore
we
have decided to include our bills for approvals with the cooperation
of
some officials from the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central
Bank
of Nigeria(CBN). We are seeking your assistance in providing a vital
account
or any virgin bank account into which we can remit this money by
acting
as our main partner and trustee. This we can do by swapping of
account
and
changing of beneficiary and other forms of documentation upon
application
for claim to reflect the payment and approvals to be secured on
behalf
of
you. This processes being pre-arranged with the principal trustee of
the
original contractor and with the consent of the origional contractor.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should
you
be willing to assist us in this transaction your share of the sum
will
be
30% of the US$21.5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and
miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe for both parties, provided
you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of
specialization
is not an hindrace to the successful execution of this transaction. I
have
reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.
Please
Indicate Your Willingness by replying this mail with
your Fax/Tell Number through this e-mail via
''fredamos_1000@yahoo.com''
Due
to the confidentiality of this deal,so that we can discuss one on
one.
Thanks for your cooperations.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Frederick Amos
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