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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: "ALHAJI MUNIR JA' AFARU" <alhajimunir@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alhajimunir@minister.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:29:53 -0800
Subject: URGENT REPLY
ATTN:
DEAR SIR,
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSFER OF US$15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).
HELLO, THIS IS THE FIRST MAIL YOU'LL RECEIVE FROM ME. I HOPE MY LETTER WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU SINCE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION, THOUGH BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT TRUST AND OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE YOU WILL READ THIS MAIL WITH ALL THE OBJECTIVITY IT DESERVES AND THEN REACT ACCORDINGLY. I, ON BEHALF OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM DIFFERENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA PARASTATALS DECIDED TO SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS THE TRANSFER OF THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
THIS FUND AROSE FROM THE OVER-INVOICING OF VARIOUS CONTRACTS AWARDED IN MY PARASTATAL TO CERTAIN FOREIGN CONTRACTORS SOMETIME AGO. WE AS HOLDERS OF OFFICIAL POSITIONS IN OUR VARIOUS PARASTATALS, WERE MANDATED BY THIS NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT TO SCRUTINIZE ALL PAYMENTS MADE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THE PAST MILITARY GOVERNMENT, AND WE DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THEY EXECUTED WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED, EITHER BY OMISSION OR COMMISSION. ALSO, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE SUM OF $20,000,000.00 TWENTY MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY) WAS LYING IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT, ALTHOUGH THE FOREIGN CONTRACTORS WERE FULLY PAID THEIR ENTITLEMENTS AFTER EXECUTING THE SAID CONTRACTS.
WE ALL AGREED THAT THE OVER-INVOICED AMOUNT BE TRANSFERRED (FOR OUR OWN USE) INTO A BANK ACCOUNT PROVIDED BY A FOREIGN PARTNER, AS THE CODE OF CONDUCT OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN TRANSFERRING SOME OF THIS MONEY, PRECISELY US$5.0M (FIVE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT IN GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) LAST WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROVIDER OF THE ACCOUNT HAS SEVERED ALL FORMS OF CONTACTS WITH US AS HE HAS REFUSED TO ADHERE TO OUR EARLIER MUTUAL AGREEMENT INSISTING THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT BE PAID INTO HIS NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT BEFORE DISBURSEMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT. IF FOR US$5.0MILLION (FIVE MILLION ONLY) WE ARE NOT COMPENSATED, HOW CAN ONE GUARANTEE FULL COMPENSATION ON REMITTANCE OF THE BALANCE OF US$40 MILLION FORTY MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY).
WE ARE THEREFORE, SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE BASED ON THE BALANCE AMOUNT OF US$15 MILLION, WHICH CAN BE SPEEDILY PROCESSED AND FULLY REMITTED, INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
ON SUCCESSFUL REMITTANCE OF THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 25% OF THE AMOUNT FOR ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES AND 5% SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES ON CONTINGENCY.THIS TRANSACTION IS CLOSELY KNITTED AND IN VIEW OF OUR SENSITIVE POSITIONS WE CAN NOT AFFORD A SLIP. WE WILL AVAIL YOU OF OUR IDENTITIES AS REGARDS OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICES WHEN RELATIONSHIP IS FULLY ESTABLISHED AND SMOOTH OPERATION COMMENCES.
I AM AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTION(S) FROM YOU IN RESPECT OF THIS TRANSACTION. SO, CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE ABOVE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE.
PLEASE, NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
FIND BELOW MY ATTACH PICYURE
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ALHAJI MUNIR JA' AFARU
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