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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: godwinmartins@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:38:52 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS=20=20PROPOSAL?=
GODWIN MARTINS
NNPC LAGOS ANNEX OFFICE
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Dear Sir
May I crave your indulgence to open this business discussion by a
formal
letter of this sort. It is pertinent that a business of this
magnitude should
have commenced properly with a formal meeting of you and us to enable
us
know ourselves, have a fore knowledge of the nature of the business,
discuss
and acquaint ourselves with the responsibilities and functions of
parties
concerned, and appropriate shares accordingly. However, for time
factor,
confidentiality and personality of people involved here in Nigeria,
we choose
this approach for the remittance of this Thirty Five Million U.S.
Dollars
(USD35M).
Please bear with us for making the initial contact through e-mail.
But my
partners are insisting for a meeting in order not to fall into a
wrong hand
again.
I am GODWIN MARTINS,we are members of the special committee for
Budget
and
Planning of the Ministry Petroleum. This committee is principally
concerned
with contract appraisal and the approval of the contracts in order of
priorities
as regards capital projects of the past military government of
Nigeria.
With our positions, we have successfully secured for ourselves this
sum
of Thirty Five Million U.S. Dollars (USD$35M). This amount was
accumulated
through
undeclared windfall sales of crude oil during the gulf war.
Hence together with two of our top officials at the Nigeria National
Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), we plan to transfer this amount of money into a
secure
overseas account by awarding a sort of contract from the NNPC. To
this effect
I have been given the mandate by my colleagues to contact you and ask
for
your assistance. What we need from you is to provide a nice account
in which
the funds will be transferred. My colleagues and I have agreed to
compensate
you or the owner of the account used for this transaction with 30% of
the
total amount remitted. We shall have 65% and the remaining 5%
reserved for
taxes and other miscellaneous expenses in your country.
It may interest you to know that last two years a similar transaction
was
carried out with one Mr. Patrice Miller, the President of Craine
International
Trading Corporation at number 135 East 57th Street, 28th Floor, New
York,
NY 10022 with telephone number (212) 308-7788 and telex number
6731689.
After the agreement between both partners in which he was to take 20%
of
the money while the remaining 80% for us.
With all the required documents signed, the money was duly
transferred into
this account only to be disappointed on our arrival in New York, and
we
were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no longer on that
address
while his telephone and telex numbers have been reallocated to
somebody
else.
That was how we lost US$9 Million to Mr. Patrice Miller.
This time around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person or a
reputable
company to do business with hence this letter to you. So if you can
prove
yourself to be trusted and interested in this deal then we are
prepared
to do business with you. What we want from you is the assurance that
you
will let us have our share if this amount (USD35M) is transferred into
your account. If this proposal is okay by you, then reply through my
urgently so that we can set the ball rolling and negotiate the
modalities
involved.
Kindly, treat as very important and strictly confidential, I honestly
assure
you that this transaction is 100% risk-free. I look forward to your
response
and expected co-operation and God bless you.
Regards,
GODWIN MARTINS.
N.B:PLEASE REACH ME ON YOUR REPLY TO THIS NEW E-MAIL ADDRES BELOW: martins2004@sify.com
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