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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: williamsmogaji@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:43:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?REPLY=2E?=

Dr,Williams Mogaji,

Lagos-Nigeria

SIR/MADAM

I am Dr,Williams Mogaji, Chairman of the Tender Committee of the
Nigerian national Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). My Committee is
principally concerned with payment of all contract awarded from 1998 to
date, in order of priority as regard capital projects of the NNPC. The
information we gathered from the Foreign Office of the Nigeria Chambers
of Commerce
and Industries is so positive as to convince us that you would provide
us with solution to a money transfer deal valued at Thirty One Million
United
States Dollars
and subsequently a joint business venture. In the course of our duties
as

values, and project inspectors for the on-going liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG)

project, we have over-invoiced the value of some jobs done by foreign
contractors for the NNPC to the tune of US$31M. As follows: - Computer
optimization
and installation $16,000.000.00 Installation of 250,000.00 Monax
turbine $10,000.000.00 Turn Around Maintenance $5,000,000.00 Our
aim of over-invoicing this payment is to divert the excess amount to a
discrete account abroad. This fund is now floating in suspense account
at the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is the fund my colleagues and I
have

decided to transfer into your account since we, as civil servants are
not

allowed to operate or own foreign account.

The money will be shared as follows after transfer:30% for you (Account
Owner) 60% for me and my colleagues10% to off-set both local and
international expenses that would be incurred in the course of this
transaction.

To be able to claim the funds, we will be purporting your company to be
the original contractor / beneficiary of the funds so all procedures
for international transfer shall be strictly followed, as we have
worked

out all modalities for a swift and riskfree transfer.

If this proposal satisfies you, please contact me with the following
important information. Your full names , mailing address, Personal
Phone
/ Fax
Numbers for easy communication.

This transaction will last for 14 working days from the time we submit
the required information, as all modalities concerning this transaction

have been worked out and it is completely risk free.

Please be informed that this subject is classified sensitive. Therefore
treat the transaction with utmost confidentiality and urgency.


Yours Faithfully,

Dr,Williams Mogaji.




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