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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: wasiu@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:59:44 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASSISTANCE=20REQUIRED=20FOR=20ACQUISITION=20OF=20ESTATE?=

ATTN:SIR/MADAM

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE

I write to inform of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties
in your country on behalf of the Director of Contract and Finance Allocations
of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.

Considering his very strategic and influential position,he want the transaction
to be strictly
confidential as possible. He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed
at least for now, until the completion of transaction. Hence our desire
to have an oversea agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our
overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction. The deal in brief
is that the funds with which we intend to carry out our proposed investments
in your country is presently in a coded
account at the Nigeria Apex bank (Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need
your assist ance to transfer the funds to your country in a convenient
bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into
use in your country.

For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the federal
ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for which payment should be effected
to you by Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run into US$28.5Million
(Twenty Eight Million, Five Hundred
Dollars) of which your share shall be 20% if you agree to be our overseas
agent.

As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully
transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring
some estates and setting up trust accounts abroad. Forthis too you shall
also serve as our agent.

In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following information's:

1. Your company name and address if any.
2. Your personal fax number.
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through
this email address: wasiu_m@hotmail.com

After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction
through.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation
of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
DR. WASIU MOHAMMED
TELEPHONE: 234 803 57 80 438



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