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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: contactiyang@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 02:45:47 -0800
Subject: RELATIONSHIP

Attn: President/CEO/SIR/MADAM

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP -STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Firstly, I must solicit your confidentiality. This is by virtue of it'snature
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. A bold step taken shall
not be regretted I assure you.

I am Mr david iyang and I head a seven man tender board in charge of contract
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. My colleagues and I are top official of Federal Government
Contract Review and Award Panel. Our duties include evaluation,
vetting, and approval for payment of contract jobs done for the Federal
Ministry of Aviation(FMA) etc. We are therefore soliciting for your assistance
to enable us transfer into your account the said funds. Our country looses
a lot of money everyday that is why the international community is very
careful and warning their citizens to be careful but I tell you "a trial
will convince you".

The source of the fund is as follow: During the last military regime here
in Nigeria, this committee awarded a contract of US$400 Million to a group
of five construction firms on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Aviation
(FMA)for the supply and installation of landing and navigational equipment
in Lagos and Port Harcourt International Airports. During this process my
colleagues and I decided among us to deliberately over inflate the total
contract sum of US$420.5 Million with the aim of sharing the remaining sum
of US$20.5 million.The government has since approved the sum of US$420.5Million
for us as the contract sum, but since the contract is only worth US$400M
the remaining US$20.5 Million is what we intend to transfer to a reliable
and safe offshore account,we are prohibited to operate foreign account in
our names since we are still in Government.

Thus, making it impossible for us to acquire the money in our name right
now, I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues
to look for an oversea partner into whose account we can transfer the sum
of US$20.5Million.My colleagues and I have decided that if you/your Company
can as the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your company
will retain 20% of the
total amount (US$20.5Million) while 75% will be for us (officials) and the
remaining 5% will be used in offsetting all debts/expenses incurred during
this transaction We have decided that this transaction can only proceed
under the following condition

(a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and that you treat this transaction
with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
(b) That upon Receipt of the funds you will release the funds as instructed
by us after you've removed your share of 20%. Please acknowledge the receipt
of this letter using the above e-mail address. I will bring you into the
complete of this transaction when I've heard from you.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we are already behind
schedule for the financial quarter. Please do be informed that his business
transaction is 100% legal and completely free from drug or money laundering.
Only trust can make the reality of this transaction.

Best regards,

Mr david iyang







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