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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: "DR.FRED ABIOLA" <abfred@mixmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abfred55@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:27:15 -0800
Subject: Sub Rosa
From: DR.FRED ABIOLA
Nigeria National Petroleum Coporation (NNPC)
Federal Secretariat Building,
Suite 112, Falomo - Ikoyi,
Lagos.
Dear Friend,
INVESTMENT
I am DR.FRED ABIOLA, a top management staff in the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-man
tender's board in charge of Contract Awards and Payments
Approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction that
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account.
There were series of contracts executed by a consortium
Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which
were:
1. The Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and Accessories
to the Warri, Port-Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries.
2. Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to the victims of the
Niger/ Delta crises.
3. The construction of Schools, Hospitals and Housing Units in
the Niger/Delta Region.
The original value of these contracts was deliberately over
invoiced in the sum of NINE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATE DOLLARS (US$9.2m) which has now been approved and is now
ready to be transferred being that the Companies that actually
executed these contracts have been paid and the projects
officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the
total amount to your account for subsequent disbursement, since
we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau
(Civil Service Laws)from opening and operating foreign accounts in
our names. Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this
juncture is enormous. In return;
we have agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum, while 10%
shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external)
between the parties in the course of the transaction.
You will be mandated to remit the balance 60% to other accounts
in due course.You must however NOTE that this transaction is
subject to the following terms and conditions:
Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.That you
would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality.
That as a foreign partner, you will follow our instructions to
the latter.Provide the account required, and competent enough to
assist us on profitable investment areas in your Country in an
advisory capacity.
Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the highest
levels of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of
Nigeria for the immediate transfer of the funds within 10 working
days subjected to your satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our
assurance is that your role is risk free. To accord this
transaction with the legality it deserves and for mutual security
of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially and
legally processed with your name of any Company you may nominate
as the Bonafide beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 26
years in the service of my country, I am averse to having my
integrity and repute bastadized.
This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and
urgency.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us
include this transfer in the third quarter of this financial
year. Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my
altanative e-mail address: abfred2@post.cz
NOTE:PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH YOUR TEL/FAX# SO THAT I COULD SEND
ACROSS DETAILS OF THE TRANSFER AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FOR
YOUR ENDORSEMENT TO ENABLE US TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR PROVIDED
ACCOUNT.
I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
Yours Sincerely,
DR.FRED ABIOLA
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