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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: okorochas@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:19:29 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ATTENTION=20PLEASE?=
Dear sir/Madam,
Please reply to my private mail(prvt_rochas@hotmail.com)
My colleagues and I are top official of Federal Government Contract Review
and Award Panel. Our duties include evaluation, vetting, and approval for
payment of contract jobs done for the Federal Ministry of Aviation (FMA)
etc. We are therefore soliciting for your assistance to enable us transfer
into your account the said funds.
Our country looses a lot of money everyday that is why the international
community is very careful and warning their citizens to be careful but I
tell you "You be will convinced of this transaction". The source of the
fund is as follow:
During the last military regime here in Nigeria, this committee awarded
a contract of US$ 400 Million to a group of five construction firms on behalf
of the Federal Ministry
of Aviation (FMA) for the supply and installation of landing and navigational
equipment in Lagos and Port Harcourt International Airports. During this
process my colleagues and I decided among us to deliberately over inflate
the total contract sum of US$428.5 Million with the aim of sharing the remaining
sum of US$28.5 million. The government has since approved the sum of US$428.5Million
for us as the contract sum, but since the contract is only worth US$400M
the remainingUS$28.5 Million is what we intend to transfer to a reliable
and safe offshore account, we are prohibited to operate foreign account
in our names since we are still in Government. Thus, making it impossible
for us to acquire the money in our name right now, I have therefore been
delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues to look for an oversea partner
into whose account we can transfer the sum of US$28.5Million.
My colleagues and I have decided that if you/your Company can
as the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your company will
retain 20% of the total amount (US$28.5Million) while 75% will be for us
(officials) and the remaining 5% will be used in offsetting all debts/expenses
incurred during this transfer. We have decided that this transaction can
only proceed under the following condition
(a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and that you treat this
transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
(b) That upon Receipt of the funds you will release the funds as instructed
by us after you've removed your share of 20%. Please acknowledge the receipt
of this letter using the above e-mail address. I will bring you into the
complete picture of this transaction when I've heard from you.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we are already
behind schedule.
Please do be informed that his business transaction is 100% legal and completely
free from drug or money laundering.
Only trust can make the reality of this transaction.
Best regards,
MR ROCHAS OKOROCHA.
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