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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: isa_attah@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:51:45 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?business?=
Prospective Partner,
Good day to you and your family.
Let me first of all apologize for intruding into your privacy, allow me
the privilege of first introducing myself and my motive to you.
I am Engr. Isa-Attah, I have been delegated by my colleagues to
seek the assistance of a reliable foreigner or company into whose bank
account we can discreetly transfer a huge amount of money. Which came
into being as a result of over invoiced contracts awarded, executed and
commissioned under the past military regime. Our modality for the
remittance of the funds as a contract payment has already been
perfected.
These funds arose from a deliberate over-invoicing of contract bills
for contracts, awarded by the ministry of petroleum and natural resources
during the administration of the former military dictator late, General
Sanni Abacha who died on 7th June 1998. Since then the money has been
lying in the suspense account of ministry of petroleum & natural
resources with the Central Bank.
However, the current favorable political / economical climate in the
country now presents an opportunity for this money to be transferred
out without any hitches as we know and believe it would be of mutual
benefit to us all. We have already put in motion the complete machinery
and modalities to enhance successful initiation and completion of this
transaction, further actions will commence the moment we hear from
you. We have agreed that after the transfer of the money and confirmation
in
the account provided by you. You shall be entitled to a cut of the total
sum, which will be reached subject to negotiation.
5% being earmarked for reimbursement on minor incidental expenses that
may be incurred during the course of this transaction.
Conclusively, the nature of your business is not particularly relevant
for the success of this transaction. What we require is your willingness
to co-operate and assist us, and also an assurance that our share of the
funds will be remitted to us when the money arrives your account. Most
importantly, we have taken all necessary precautions to ensure a no
risk situation on the side of both parties as this transaction is expected
to be through within 7 to 10 working days.
Contact me immediately through my confidential email:attah_20012005@yahoo.com
It is advisable to include your private Telephone and Fax numbers while
replying for easy and effective communication However, if you are not
interested, kindly disregard the contents of this letter. The trust we
have reposed in you at this point is enormous and cannot be
over-emphasized. We await your prompt response to this proposal, so we
could commence on time and conclude quickly since the success of this transaction
is
to a large extent timing dependent.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Engr. Isa-Attah.
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