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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: johnkuma@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 00:49:15 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?i=20need=20your=20attention?=

ENGR. JOHN KUMA


Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.



I am Engr. John Kuma the Financial Controller and
Contract Award Committee Chairman in the National
Electric Power Authority (NEPA) in Lagos, Nigeria. My
colleagues 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 U.S. Dollars) which arose from
the deliberate over-inflated contract value for the
General expansion of the Kanji Dam Termal Station on
behalf of 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$386,000,000. The contract
has been completed and the contractor has long been
paid, we are now left with this US$38,600,000
representing the 10% our own share as agreed
presently in the Federal Government account. The
Current favourable political/economic climate in this
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 after 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 co-operate 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 8 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 has been spent as
civil servant, and we may likely resign 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
jeopardise the transaction.

Finally, if this proposal is acceptable to you, or
if you have any questions, feel free to contact me
immediately on the thie e-mail address [JohnKuma@myway.com] .You should
also send to me your private telephone and fax
numbers for easy and confidential communication. I
will oblige you with further information if so
required.

CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESSE[JohnKuma@myway.com]



Best Regards,

Engr. John Kuma









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