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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: mdasuki@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:59:29 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20=20ATTENTION=2E?=

From the desk of: DR.Musa Dasuki.
Executive Director and Financial Controller (NNPC)
Lagos Nigeria

Dear Sir/Madam


CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

I am the financial controller of Nigerian National PetroleumCorporation
(NNPC) and I am a director in the NNPC Lagos.
I got your Contact address from an associate working with the Nigerian
Export Promotion Council and decided to reach you with this business
proposalin strict confidence.


PURPOSE: On behalf of myself and my colleagues who are ministerial
official and other officers in charge of offshore remittance in this corporation,
we are seeking your assistance for the transfer of Forty Two Million (US$42,000,000.00)
to your account for further private investment. Hence our request foryour
assistance.


SOURCE OF FUND:
This amount to be transferred into your account accrued from over-invoiced
contract amount of the construction of an Oil Refinery Sub- Stations in
Nigeria (Northern Region) in 1995 to expatriate companies. The contract
which was originally valued for one Hundred and Twenty Seven Million United
States Dollar (US$127,000,000.00) was manipulated to read one Hundred and
Sixty Nine Million United States Dollars ($169,000,000.00) The extra $42,000,000.00
is what we want to transfer to your account. This contract has been completely
executed and the contractors have been paid all their contract bills less
this $42,000,000.00.


DISBURSEMENT:
We have resolved that you take 30% of the total amount for your assistance
because it is impossible for us to claim the amount here in Nigeria without
foreign assistance. In addition, 10% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous
expenses incurred by either party during this business, and 60% for my colleagues
and myself.


SECURITY:
All modalities to affect the payment and subsequent transfer of this money
have been worked out. This transaction is 100% risk free. You are required
to treat this business with the strictest confidence. I wait your immediate
response I will appreciate it if you treat this business with strict confidence
it demands. We choose you and trusted you for this transaction because we
believe that good friends can be discovered and businesses such as this
cannot be realized without trust. This is why we have decided to trust you
for this transaction. We are looking forward to doing this transaction with
you. You can rest assured because your security had been considered before
you were contacted.


Best Regards,


Musa Dasuki.



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