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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "ISA WILLIAMS" <iwlliams@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:09:23 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM: ISA WILLIAMS
DIRECT TEL: 234-1-7760637
EMAIL: iwlliams@netscape.net
WE ARE MEMBERS OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION (NNPC). THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY
CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT AWARDS AND APPROVAL. WITH
OUR
POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR
OURSELVES
THE SUM OF TWENTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$21.5M). MY COLLEAGUES
AND I
DURING THE COURSE OF OUR OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT
AWARDED
SERIES OF CONTRACTS TO FOREIGN FIRMS ON AGREED 5%
COMMISSION OR PROFIT ON THEIR CONTRACT SUM.
HOWEVER
THE 5% COMMISSION WHICH AMOUNTED TO US$21.5M AFTER
AUDIT REPORT IS LEFT UNCLAIMED IN THE FLOATING
ACCOUNT
OF MY COMPANY [NNPC]. THIS CONTRACT IN QUESTION
WERE
FOR THE SUPPLY OF PETRO – CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT AND
COMPUTERS TO MY COMPANY THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLEUM CORPORATION [NNPC] IN 1999. THE
CONTRACTORS
HAVE EXECUTED THEIR PROJECT AS SPECIFIED IN THE
CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND WERE PAID ACCORDINGLY.
RECENTLY, THE NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT STARTED
PAYING
OFF ALL THE INDEBTED FOREIGN CONTRACTORS TO MY
COMPANY
THAT EXECUTED CONTRACTS AS FAR BACK AS 1990 – 2003
IN
ORDER TO LAUNDER A GOOD IMAGE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT
BEFORE THE UNITED NATION. CONSEQUENT TO THIS
DEVELOPMENT, WE CONSIDER THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR
US TO CARRYOUT THE TRANSFER OF THESE FUNDS TO A
SAFE
ACCOUNT OVERSEAS WHICH WE BELIEVE YOU WILL BE IN A
POSITION TO HELP US IN TRANSFERRING THESE FUNDS
[US$21.5M] INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT
WILL
BE COMPENSATED WITH 20% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS,
WHILE
WE KEEP 75%, AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET
EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY TAXES. ALL
MODALITIES
OF THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE
STARTED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS,
WITH
YOUR FULL SUPPORT. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK
FREE.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US
ONLY
BY EMAIL OR PHONE, FOR MORE INFORMATION. IT MIGHT
BE
DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH TO ME, BECAUSE OF POOR
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM HERE. PLEASE KEEP TRYING,
YOU
WILL DEFINITELY GET THROUGH.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ISA WILLIAMS.
NB: FOR CONFIDENTIAL REASONS AND DUE TO THE POOR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN MY COUNTRY, MOST OFTEN
FOREIGN
CALLS COULD BE DIVERTED TO THE WRONG PERSON. SO
FOR
YOU TO BE VERY SURE YOU ARE RIGHTLY SPEAKING WITH
ME,
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN YOU CALL AND ASK
FOR
ME, THE MOMENT I PICK UP THE PHONE, YOU SHOULD ASK
ME
FOR THE "CODE WORD" AND MY ANSWER WOULD BE
"GOODLUCK"
BEFORE WE PROCEED DISCUSSIONS, BUT IF I DO NOT SAY
"GOODLUCK", THAT MEANS YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING WITH
ME
JUST DISCONNECT THE LINE AND CALL ME BACK TILL I
GIVE
YOU THE CODE WORD.
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