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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: robertobi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:06:52 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Attention?=
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
I GUESS THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE SINCE I HAD NO PREVIOUS
CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU. I AM MR. Robert Obi A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, NIGERIAN
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
AND BY THAT VIRTUE, A DIRECTOR IN THE (NNPC ) LAGOS. I GOT YOUR
CONTACT IN THE COURSE OF MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE PERSON WITH WHOM TO HANDLE
A VERY CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AND I DECIDED TO PROPOSE TO YOU THIS BUSINESS
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
PURPOSE: ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES WHOM ARE MINISTERIAL OFFICIALS
AND THE OTHER OFFICER IN CHARGE OF OFFSHORE REMITTANCE IN THIS MINISTRY.
WE ARE SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THIRTY MILLION,UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ($30,000.000.00) TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR FURTHER PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PURPOSE. HENCE OUR REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
SOURCE OF FUND: THIS AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ACCRUED
FROM OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OIL REFINERY
SUBSTATIONS IN NIGERIA (NORTHERN REGION) IN 1999 TO EXPERTRAITE COMPANIES.
THE CONTRACT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY VALUED FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY-FOUR
MILLION U.S DOLLARS WAS MANIPULATED TO READ ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR
MILLION US DOLLARS THE EXTRA $30 MILLION US DOLLAR IS WHAT WE WANT TO TRANSFER
TO YOUR ACCOUNT. THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXECUTED AND THE CONTRACTORS
HAVE BEEN PAID ALL THEIR CONTRACT BILL REMAINING $30 MILLION U.S DOLLARS.
REQUIREMENT: WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU DURING YOUR REPLY ARE: A.YOUR NAME
AND CONTACT ADDRESS, YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
B.THE NAME OF YOUR BANK, PHONE AND FAX NUMBER, AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
FOR SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRIES AS TO WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE LODGED. C.
YOU SHALL ARRANGE FOR US TO MEET WITH YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE SECURE THE
GOVERNMENT APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS.
DISBURSEMENT: WE HAVE RESOLVED THAT YOU TAKE SOME PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL
AMOUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CLAIM THE
CONTRACT OVER INVOICED MONEY HERE IN NIGERIA WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE. IN
ADDITION, 5% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR ANY MISCALLENOUS
EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU AND US DURING THE BUSINESS. AND THE REST PERCENTAGE
IS FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF. SO WE NEED TO TALK SO THAT WE CAN DEFINE
TERMS OF PERCENTAGES ACCRUABLE TO EACH OTHER.
WE SHALL DISCUSS ON IMPORTATION OF YOUR COMPANY'S PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT
PLANS WITH OUR OWN SHARE OF THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY BASED ON YOUR ADVICE
TO US. THIS IS TO BE DONE AFTER THE TRANSACTION.
SECURITY: ALL MODALITIES TO EFFECT THE PAYMENT AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER OF
THIS MONEY HAS BEEN WORKED OUT.SO, THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. THOUGH,
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TREAT THIS BUSINESS WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE. I
AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE VIA MY AND SEND ME YOUR CONFIDENTIAL FAX AND
PHONE FOR SPEEDY CORRESPONDENCE. I WILL HIGHLY APPRECIATE IF YOU TREAT THIS
BUSINESS WITH THE STRICT CONFIDENCE IT DEMANDS FOR SECURITY REASONS.
BEST REGARDS,
MR. Robert Obi
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX IKOYI LAGOS.
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