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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: drbensony3k@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:23:02 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Reply=3A?=
CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir,
It is with trust and confidence that I write you this urgent business
Proposal. I was assigned by two of my colleagues to seek a foreign Partner
who will assist us in providing a convenient account in a Designated bank
over there for the transfer of US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million U.S Dollars)
pending our arrival in your country for
utilization and disbursement of the money. The Nigerian National
Petroleum corporation(NNPC) awarded a contract valued at US$150,000,000.00
(One Hundred and Fifty Million U.S. Dollars) to an expatriate company for
the supply and installation of some equipment at the Warri & Port Harcourt
refineries. The contract has been executed and US$120,000,000.00M payment
made to the contractor
leaving a balance of US$30 Million, which has not been paid to him by the
central bank of nigeria before his sudden death, this fund is presently
in a domant account since the death of the beneficiary.
Since we are originally involve in the award of this contract, we
have decided to seek an offshore account holder who will prepare to
work with us as the beneficiary of this fund. We will give him all
necessary information wish he will present to the Central Bank so as to
enabled the bank transfer this money successfully into your account. My
colleagues and I have agreed that if you or your company can act as the
beneficiary of this fund (US$30 Million), we will transfer it to your account
and you will retain 37% of the initial amount for the assistance while 60%
will be for us and the retaining 3% will be to off-set any official expenses
incurred by both parties during the process. I have enough contact to facilitate
this transfer, you have no problem at all, all I need is your
confirmation of interest and quick response to all correspondence from me
and the Central Bank of Nigeria We are requesting you to co-operate with
us and provide a convenient account number in a designated bank over there
for the transfer of these fund. We intend coming over there on the completion
of this transfer to secure our own share of the money. Please note that
we have been very careful and have made all arrangements toward the success
and smooth transfer of the fund to your account before contacting you. We
would therefore not want you to expose this proposal to anybody for the
purpose of security and it's confidential nature. We are putting so much
trust in you. We hopeyou are not going to betray us.
We also believe you won't sit on this money when it eventually gets
transferred into your account, as you will get your own 30% share.
Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free. If this
proposal is accepted, please contact us through the above stated email-address
above, by indicating your interest and sending to us the Name of your bank,
Account Number, Your fax number/Tel number, more details about this transaction
will be forwarded to you. Note that the particular nature of your company's
business is irrelevant to this transaction.
Please your reply is needed urgently.
Best Regards,
Dr Benson Osagie
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