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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.Chinedu M.Joseph" <chi_jos@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: chi_jos_2005@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:22:25 +0100
Subject: Your Assistantnce is needed

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Chinedu M.Joseph, a senior accountant with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I came to know of you in my search for a foreign
reliable and reputable institution/person who can handle a very strictly,
confidentialtransaction which involves transfer of a reasonable sum of money
to a foreign account.

Presently, there is Twelve million United States Dollars ($12,000,000.00)
only, in my department awaiting remittance. I was a member of the contract
award committee that monitored the award and execution of a contract of
US$145M by a foreign firm, my colleagues and I over invoiced this contract
and declared US$145M.

After the successful execution of the contract, and the original contractor
was paid his contract sum, we now have US$12M that we can only claim with
the assistance of a foreign firm.

I now seek if you would permit the said funds to be remitted into your personal
company account, so that the money so remitted will be shared mutually among
the parties concerned, including you.

However, I would wish to receive your personal assurance that you would
not sit on the money when it goes into your account. More importantly, you
keep confidential this transaction, in order not to tarnish the confidence
reposed in the officials involved in this transaction, Tentatively, we have
agreed that 70% of the money goes to the officers where this money originated,
20% to the owner of the account, while 10% would be used to defray whatever
expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction.

You are expected to forward to me through the above telefaxnumber, the following
details:

(a) Name of bank where you want the money to be transferred.
(b) Account number and name of the account.
(c) Bank address, telephone, fax and telex number.
(d) Your personal telephone and fax number.

Be informed that on the completion of this business, I will use my share
of the money to procure goods from your company or any company you may introduce.


Do not contact your bank yet because payment justifications going to be
provided by the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA to your bank.

Finally, on acceptance of this request, please reply through my Email address
.This is to guarantee the confidentiality of your interest.

Best regards,

Mr.Chinedu M.Joseph.
Tell:234-8035237070






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