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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: "Mr.Bello M Danjuma" <dan_bello2003@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: danjuma_667@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:28:22 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

I am Mr.Bello M Danjuma, the Financial Controller and Contract Award
Committee Chairman in the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) in Lagos-
Nigeria.


My colleague have assigned me to seek for assistance of a reliable
foreigner through whom we can transfer the sum of US$38,600,000.00 (Thirty-Eight
Million,Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which arose from the
deliberate over-inflated contract value for the General Expansion of the
Kanji Dam Thermal Station on behalf of the National Electric Power Authority
(NEPA) for increased energy generation to Nigeria and some other West African
countries.

The contract was awarded in 1998 during the General Sani Abacha regime
to an expatriate firm with the consideration of 10% commission agreement
on the total contract value of US$38,600,000.00. The contract has been
and the contractor has long been paid, we left with this US$38,600,000.00
being our share that is remaining in the Federal Government Account.

The current favorable political/economic climate in the country now
presented an opportunity for this money to be transferred out of the country.

Our contact in the Federal Ministry of Finance have given us a go ahead
advice to begin the process of the remittance, hence we have set in motion
the machinery for the take off of this transaction and further action will
commence immediately we hear from you. We have agreed that the transfer
of the money into your account, you shall be entitled to 30% of the total
amount transferred, while the remaining 70% will be for us.

We decided to give you this percentage in order to motivate you and
also to let you feel satisfied at the end of this transaction.

The nature of your business is not particularly relevant for the
success of this transaction. All we require is your willingness to cooperate
and assurance that our own share will be given to us when this money is
transferred into your account. All necessary precautions have been taken
to ensure a no risk situation on the sides of both parties and it is believed
that the conclusion of this transaction will not last more than ten (10)
working days.

However, we are going to retrieve the whole documents that will relate
to this transaction and destroy them after the transfer of the money into
your account to avoid any trace of the money.

Since we have no knowledge of business, our plan is to invest this
money into Real Estate, stocks and we can also invest in some other
profitable business in your country based on your advice because many of
our years were spent as civil servants and, we may likely resin from government
service to private business after this money is transferred into your account.

Please note that this business is strictly confidential and must not be
disclosed to a third party.

This is necessary to avoid disclosure that may jeopardize the transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, or if you have any question,feel
free to contact me on this email address: bell2000@hotmail.com or call
me on Tel :234-8035237070 , you should also send to me your private e-mail
address ,telephone and fax numbers for easy and confidential communication.

I will oblige you with further information if so required.


Best Regards,

Mr.Bello M Danjuma.



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