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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: umfak_78@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:24:29 +0100
Subject: IT IS HIGHLY LUCRATIC

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
IKOYI-LAGOS
FROM THE DESK OF:
DR.UMAR fakur
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO
Dear Sir/madam
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties
in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance Allocations
of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.Considering his
very strategic and influential position,he would want the transaction to
be as strictly confidential as possible.He further wants his identity to
remain undisclosed at least for now,untill the completion of the transaction.Hence
our desire to have an overseas agent.I have therefore been directed to inquire
if you would agree to act as our
overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction.
The deal,in brief,is that the funds with which we intend to carry out our
proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account at
the Nigerian Apex Bank (i.e.the Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your
assistance to transfer the funds to your country in a convenient bank account
that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use in your
country.For this,you shall be considered to have executed a contract for
the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for which payment should
be effected to you by the Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run
into US$48.9 Million,of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be
our overseas agent.As soon as payment is effected,and the amount mentioned
above is successfully transferred into your account,we intend to use our
own share in acquiring some estates abroad.
For this too you shall also serve as our agent.In the light of this,I would
like you to forward to me the following information:
1. Your company name and address if any
2. Your personal fax number
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this

proposal kindly confirm your interest by thi e-mail ,your indication by
revert telephone after which we shall discuss in details the modalities
for seeing this transaction through. Your quick response will be highly
appreciated.
Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
DR.UMAR fakur
pls note that if you are not interested kindly delete this message from
ur box and take it that you did not recieved such

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