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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: KOLADE MARTINS <kolademartins@alvilag.hu>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:43:10 +0100
Subject: ''STRICTLY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL''
''STRICTLY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL''
DEAR SIR,
I AM AN ENGINER WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF MINES AND POWER ATTARCHED TO OUR ANNEX OFFICE HERE IN LAGOS-NIGERIA ,I GOT YOUR IMPRESSIVE INFORMATION THROUGH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON FOREIGN BUSINESS RELATIONS HERE IN BENIN REPIBLIC.HE RECOMENDED YOU AS A VIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON DURING MY DISCUSSION WITH HIM ON MY INTEREST IN BUSINESS TRANSACTION WITH A FOREIGN PARTNER
SIR.RECENTLY,OIL DEPOSITE WAS DISCOVERED IN PORTO-NOVO A SMALL DISTRICT IN BENIN REPUBLIC HERE IN WEST AFRICA AND SINCE BENIN REPUBLIC IS NOT A MENBER OF ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES''OPEC'',TALKS WERE HELD BETWEEN BENIN REPUBLIC AND ''OPEC''AS TO THE POSIBLITY OF EXPLORATION AND DRILLING OF THE OIL.ARTICLE''V''OF THE TREATY GRANTING ''NNPC'' THE RIGHT TO EXPLORE AND TO DRILL THE OIL DISCOVERED IN PORTO-NOVO.
DURING THE EXPLORATION AND DRILLING OF THE OIL,I AND ORTHER TECHNITIANS IN THE FIELD, WORKED A WAY TO PRODUCE OIL IN EXCESS MORE THAN EXPECTATION,WHICH IS BEING MARKETED THROUGH MY DEPARTMENT TO AMERICAN OIL FIRM USING''NNPC''BECAUSE NIGERIAIS THE RIGHT CHANNELWHICH OIL IS BEING MARKETED IN WEST AFRICA.
PRESENTLY,WE ARE CIVIL SERVANTS AND IT IS AGAINST THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CIVIL SERVANTS HERE IN NIGERIA TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT.SIR,REGARDS THE ABOVE NIGERIAN CODE OF BANKING,WHICH HAS MADE IT IMPOSIBLE FOR US TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS WITHOUT FOREIGN PARTNER.WE THEREFORE SOLICIT FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WE CAN USE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL SUM OF TWENTY THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS(U$23,500.000.00)WHICH WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAL.
NOTE,THIS FUNDS WERE LODGED IN OUR CORRESPONDENT BANK ABROAD AND WE ADVICED THAT A MEETING SHOULD BE HELD BETWEEN YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES IN AMERICA WHERE THE FUNDS IS STILL LODGING AND THE PEOPLE YOU ARE GOING TO MEET IN AMERICA ARE MY SELF,TWO OFFICIALS OF ''NNPC'' AND ONE OFFICIAL OF ''C.B.N'' WHO MADE THE REMITTANCE OF THE FUNDS ABROAD POSIBLE WITHOUT REFLECTING IN OUR CENTRAL COMPUTER AT ''C.B.N''.
SIR,WE WISH TO KNOW IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION ATO ASSIST US AND LEST NOT FORGET,YOUR PERCENTAGE WUOLD BE DISCUSED INAT THE MEETING.ALSO,BEAR IN MIND THAT AT THE CONCLUTION OF THE MEETING,THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE COMENCE IMMEDIATELY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WILL PRESENT IN THE MEETING BECAUSE,WE WILL MAKE THE TRIP TO AMERICA WITH THE SCREET CODE IN WHICH WE USED IN LODGING THENDS IN OUR CORRESPONDENT IN AMERICA AND SOME ORTHER VITAL DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN BEFORE THE FUNDS CAN BE AQBLE TO BE TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER.
YOUR EARNEST REPLY WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
THANKS FOR YOUR
CO-OPERATION
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ENGR,KOLADE MARTINS
E-MAIL: kolademartins@consultant.com.
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