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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: chikealfred@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:36:45 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?STRICTLY=20CONFIDENTIAL?=
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From the desk of Engr.Mr Chike Alfred
Project implementation committee
Please reply through this email
address:chikealfred@zipmail.com.br
Dear Sir,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of myself and
my colleagues. It was on my search to look for a realible person to entrust
this money into that l came across your address on internet which after
dicided to reach you after my prayer and God reavled to me that your honest
person and l decided to seek a confidential cooporation with you in the
execution of the deal described here under for the benefit of all parties
and hope you will keep it as Top secret because of the nature of this business.
Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I
work as a Director, Project Implementation and with
the cooperation of Four other top officials, we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling
Sixty Million, four hundred and eighty thousand
U.S. Dollars (US$60,480,000.00) which we want to
transfer abroad with assistance and cooporation of a
foreign company (individual) to receive the said
fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such fund.
In account represented some percentage of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Ministry by
a foreign contracting firm which we the official
over-invoiced. Though the actual contract cost have
been paid to the original contractor, leaving the
balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten
approval to remitt by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to foreign bank account
you will provide.
Since the present Government of Nigeria is determined to pay every foreign
Contractors all debts owes so as to maintain good relationship with Foreign
Government and non-Government Financial Agencies, we have decided to include
our bills for approvals with the cooperation of some officials from the
Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
We are seeking your assistance in providing a good company's account or
any other offshore bank account into which we can remitt this money by acting
as our main partner and trustee or acting as the original contractor. This
we can do by swapping of account and changing of beneficiary and other forms
of documentation upon application for claim to reflect the payment and approvals
to be secured on behalf of our company. This processes being internal arrangement
with the departments concerned.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction. Your share of the sum will be
30% of the US$ of the US$60,480,000.00 Million dollars, 60% for us and 10%
for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.
All what we needed from you is your tel/fax nos, your full name and your
banking details to sart this process The business itself is 100% risck free,
on your part provided you treat it with secrecy and confidentiality. Also
you area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution
of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint me. While we wait for your urgent reply through PLS.
reply through this my alternative email address chikealfred@zipmail.com.br
Thanks for your co-operation.
Engr. Chike Alfred
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