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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 Bello Kadiri" <bello_kadiri@nnpc-inc.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:43:59 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Dear Partner,
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP – STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality in this
transaction.This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL
and “TOP SECRET.” Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you first by your
email due to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been reliably
informed that it will take at least two to three weeks for a normal post to
reach you.So we decided it is best using the email.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. I am Dr Bello
kadiri, a director general in the Petroleum Ministry and I head a Six-man
tender board in charge of Contracts Awards and payment Approvals. I came to
know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very confidential business transaction which involves the transfer of a huge
sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. I and my
colleagues are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review and
Award Panel. Our duties include evaluation, vetting, approval for payment of
contract jobs done for the Petroleum Ministry, etc. In order to commence
this business, we solicit for your assistance to enable us transfer into
your account the said funds.
The source of this funds is as follows: During the last military regime here
in Nigeria, this committee awarded a contract of US$400,000,000.00 (Four
Hundred Million United States Dollars) to five construction firms on behalf
of the Petroleum Ministry for the supply, construction and installation of
Oil Pipeline from Warri to PortHarcourt.
During this process my colleagues and I decided amongst ourselves to
deliberately over-inflate the total contract sum to US$436,500,000.00 (Four
Hundred and Thirty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
with the main intention of sharing the remaining sum of US$36,500,000.00
(Thirty Six MillionFive Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) amongst
ourselves. The Federal Government of Nigeria has since approved the sum of
US$436,500,000.00 (Four Hundred and Thirty Six Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) for us as the contract sum, and the sum of
US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States Dollars) has also been
paid to the foreign contractors concerned as contract entitlements for the
contract done, but since each of the companies is entitled
toUS$80,000,000.00 only, we are now left with US$36,500,000.00 balance in
the account which we intend to transfer abroad into a safe and reliable
account to be disbursed amongst ourselves, but by virtue of our positions as
civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot do this by ourselves, as
we are prohibited by the ‘Code of Conduct Bureau’ (Civil Service Laws) from
opening / operating foreign accounts in our names, making it impossible for
us to acquire the money in our names. I have, therefore, been mandated as a
matter of trust by my colleagues in the panel to look for an overseas
partner into whose account we would transfer the sum of US$36,500,000.00
(Thirty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), hence we
are writing you this letter.
My colleagues and I have agreed that if your company can act as the
beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your company will retain 20%
of the total amount of US$36,500,000.00 (Thirty Six Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars), while 70% will be for us (members of this
panel) and the remaining 10% will be used in offsetting all debts/expenses
incurred (both local and foreign) in the cause of this transfer.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In
return we demand your complete honesty and trust. You must however, NOTE
that this transaction will be strictly based on the following terms and
conditions as we have stated below, as we have heard confirmed cases of
business associates running away with funds kept in their custody when it
finally arrive their accounts.
A very good and recent example is the one of Mr.Peter Hopwood, the President
of Mileage Trading and Investment Company at Number 121, West 55th Street,
21st Floor, New York 10022, and former Chairman of OMPADEC (Mr. Patrick
Opia), who we were reliably informed
that after the agreement between both partners in which he was to take 15%
of the money, while the remaining 85% for Nigerian Officials.
With all the required documents signed, the money was duly transferred into
his account, only to be disappointed on their arrival in New York and were
informed that Mr. Peter Hopwood was no longer on that address, while his
telephone and fax numbers have been re-allocated to somebody else.
This was how they lost US$18.5 Million to Mr. Hopwood. This is a very recent
story here in my country and everybody is aware of this, some of the
officials decided to cry out and face the law, because they felt they had
lost too much to a stranger, while the Chairman of OMPADEC (Mr. Patrick
Opia) is hiding in a foreign country. So right now we are taking all
precautionary measures to guard against re-occurrence of such act in our
case. This is why we have decided that this transaction will be based
completely on thefollowing:
(a). Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.
(b). That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality.
(c). That upon receipt of the funds, you will promptly release our share
(70%) on demand after you have removed your 20% and all expenses have been
settled.
(d). You must be ready to produce us with enough information about yourself
to put our minds at rest.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free and we hope
to conclude the business in Seven Bank working days from the date of receipt
of the necessary information and requirement from you.
Please, acknowledge the receipt of this letter using my email address.I will
bring you into the complete picture of the transaction when I have heard
from you.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we are already behind
schedule for this financial quarter.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Bello Kadiri.
N.B.: Please, be reminded that this business transaction is 100% legal and
risk free.
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