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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: abrakajohn1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:52:17 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS=20PROPOSAL?=

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS-NIGERIAN


DEAR Sir/Madam

RE: TRANSFER OF USD45,500,000.00 (FORTY-FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS
ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT

I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as
Chief Accountant and in full agreement with the Auditor-General
of this Company (Nigeria Liqiuified Natural Gas) . We scrutinized all
records and the accounts of awarded and executed contracts of
this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime, since the
inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully uncover and mapped
out a whopping sum USD $45.5m which we want to transfer into your
account as the beneficiary. It might interest you to know that beginning
of this current civilian government at a working assets capital
of USD
3billion and will definitely gulp more USD 2billion on the completion
of the fifty part. You can authentically apply for supply if it interest
you to be our client with full guarantee from me.

The money $45.5m has been approved for payment by this company
NLNG, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the Accountant
General of the Federation) and to be paid by the Apex bank of
Nigeria under contract number,
NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99. As top civil Servants, we are not authorized
to operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision to use
your account in full trust and confidence to transfer this money
outside Nigeria. We have accepted you as our foreign partner and
will regularize and update the approvals to reflect you as the
true beneficiary of the contract sum USD $45.5m(FORTY FIVE MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR).

Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does
not require much engagements since we have taken care of the deal
in full
capacity. We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for
your
assistance. If you are interested in this deal, please, contact me
through my email. Address above for more lively information. Remember
to give to me your phone and fax lines through which l can send
youapproved documents for your perusal.

I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you will
understand the confidential nature of this transaction.PLEASE CONTACT
ME WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(abrakajohn@yahoo.com)

Best regards
MR Abraka John



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