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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: "kentas anderson" <kentas24@handbag.com>
Reply-To: kentas20@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:52:23 -0800
Subject: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR FUND

FROM THE DATABSE DEPT,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(C.B.N)
ABUJA, HEADQUATERS.
NIGERIA,

RE- WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR FUND

ATTENTION:

Listen and listen good..

Keep this mail and information very confidential.
I am the current Information and Database analyst of
the Treasury/Payment Investigation Department of the
Central Bank of Nigeria.

I'm contacting you to stop you from any further
contact phone or email with anybody whatsoever,be it an
attorney,bank Manager or anyother person here in Nigeria.

I was inaugurated into this post as the new databse
analyst on the 10th of January,2005.As I was going through several
out-going payment files handed over to me by the past government,I discovered
a lot of undue finanacial irregularities and confusions in your payment
file with treasury dept of CBN.
Your payment file is currently with CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA and no
longer in the bank where it was initially deposited.Your file with me here
is completely mutilated by those who claimed to be helping you get your
fund transfered to your account in your country.
I really feel for you and I cannot just fold my arms and watch
your fund go this way here simply because you are not here to help
yourself.

Therefore, I've withdrawn my submission paper for conversion of the
funds to CBN Treasury which I was mandated to do with immediate effect. Several
payments files have suffered this type of financial irregularities and uptill
now,the fund are rendered unservicable for the owner.

I have already made up my mind to help you so long as
you stop all further communicatio with everyother person
and listen to me with rapt attention.Those you are currently dealing
with have the intention of using your name to claim your fund to their own
selfish interest and that is why you must completely stop dealing with them
from now on otherwise you will end up loosing your legal fund.I have the
whole data with me here.

My position makes it very possible for all arrangement
that would peacefully ensure the transfer of the fund to
your account to be well perfected.I will help you to enure that your
fund go directly to your account in your country without openning any
account here.

But then,you must agree to the following terms and
conditions of mine before we proceed:

1.YOUR MUST TREAT MY INVOLVEMENT VERY STRICT AND
CONFIDENTIAL SO LONG AS THIS IS CONCERNED.

2.AFTER USING MY POSITION TO ENSURE THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND DIRECTLY
TO YOUR ACCOUNT,YOU SHALL SUBMIT 25% OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME AS SOON AS
THE TRANSFER IS MADE DIRECTLY TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

3.YOU MUST PROMISE TO BE HONEST AND FAITHFUL TO ME AND
MUST AGREE TO SUBMIT MY SHARE TO ME UPON RECIEPT OF THE FUND IN YOUR
ACCOUNT.

If you agree with the above terms and
conditions,then,rest assured that everything it takes to
perfect the transfer to your account would be well
catered for by me here.

My direct phone number is:234-803-7405020.Do call me upon reciept of
this important mail just for me to know that the rightful/intended person
recieved it.

A stitch in time they say saves nine.This is the only
reliable channel for you otherwise all other efforts
MUST be in vain.

I look forward to hearing from you.I'll attach in a seperate email my
photo,work ID double faces for your reference as soon as I hear from you.


Regards

Engr.Kentas Anderson
INFORMATION TECH & DATA ANALYST TREASURY
PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPT
(CBN


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