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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: addirogail2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:20:26 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BILATERAL=20BUSINESS=20RELATIONSHIP=2E?=

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTE
ECOWAS HEADQUARTERS LOME,
REPUBLIC DU TOGO.
REPLY TO:addirogailfoundattion@personal.ro

ATTN:SIR,


ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR USD35M
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Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as
a surprise and if it might offend you without your
prior consent and writing through this channel.

I am Hon.Dr.Prince ADDIRO.,The Former Executive
Secretaryand Now Chairman Contract Awarding Committee of the
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
with Headquarters in Lome-Togo. I got your information
in a business directory from the Togolaise Chamber of
Commerce and Industries when I was searching for a
reliable, honest and trustworthy person to entrust
this business with. I was simply inspired and
motivated to pick your contact from the many names and
lists in the directory.

After discussing my view and your profile with my
colleagues, they were very much satisfied and decided
to contact you immediately for this mutual business
relationship. We wish to transfer the sum of
USD35,000,000.00 (thirty five Million United States
Dollars only) into your personal or company`s bank
account. This fund was a residue of the over invoiced
contract bills awarded by us for the supply of
ammunitions, hard/soft wares, phamaceauticals/medical
items, light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels and
other administrative logistics etc for the ECOMOG in
Sierra-Leone and Liberia during the Peace Keeping
Projects.

This DEAL was deliberately hatched out and carefully
protected with all the attendant loop holes sealed
off. As the chairman of contract awarding committe of
ECOWAS, I have the cooperation and mandate of the
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR,Dr HAMIDOU GUMASSI. We arranged and
over invoiced the contract funds supplied by different
companies from different countries during the crisis.

It was our consensus to seek the assistance of a
willing foreigner to provide us with the facilities to
transfer this money out of West Africa. This is borne
out of our belief in the non-stable and sporous
political nature of this sub-region. The original
contractors have been duely paid through one of our
bank. This balance is suspended in the escrow accounts
awaiting claims by any foreign company of our choice.
We intend to pay out this fund NOW as the organisation
is winding up its activities since the aim of
returning PEACE to the countries and the coast has
been achieved. Based on the laws and ethics of
employment, we as civil servants working under this
organisation, are not allowed to operate a foreign
account.

This is the more reason why we needed your assistance
to provide an account that can sustain this fund for
safe keeping and our future investment with your
comprehensive advise, assistance and partnership in
your country. It is however agreed, as the account
owner in this deal to allow you 30% of the entire sum
as compensation, 65% will be held on trust for us
while 5% will be used to defray any incidental charges
and cost during the course of the transaction. This
transaction will be successfully concluded within 14
days if you accord us your unalloyed and due
cooperation.
You should provide the followings:

1.YOUR COMPANY`S NAME WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS, TEL AND
FAX
NUMBERS.(if available)

2.THE NAME OF YOUR BANK, ITS ADDRESS WITH TEL, FAX AND
TELEX NUMBERS.

3.YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER/ACCOUNT NAME.

4.THE COMPLETE MAILING ADRRESS OF THE BENEFICIARY WITH
TELEPHONE AND
FAX NUMBERS.

Upon the receipt of this informations, the documents
and approval with the texts will be sent to you for
confirmaton and then forwarded to the organisation for
ratification and subsequent payment. As with the case
of all organised (sensitive)and conspired DEALS, we
solicit for your unreserved confidentiality and utmost
secret in this business. We hope to retire peacefully
and lead a honourable business life afterwards.There
are no risks involved.



With regards.
Reply ASAP
Hon.Dr.Prince ADDIRO.






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