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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: brightman cole <brightmancole@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 15:44:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL



OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTE
ECOWAS HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA,NIGERIA..


Dear Friend,
ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR USD45.5M.
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.

I am Dr. Brightman,the Chairman,Contract Awarding Committee of the ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) with Headquarters in ABUJA,NIGERIA. I got your contact when I was searching for a reliable,honest and trustworthy person to entrust this business with.I was simply inspired and motivated to pick your contact from the many names and lists in the directory.After discussing my view and your profile with my colleagues,they were very much satisfied and decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.

We wish to transfer the sum of USD45.5m, (Fourty five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only.)into your personal or company`s bank account.This fund was a residue of the overinvoiced contract bills awarded by us for the supply of ammunitions,

hard/softwares,phamaceauticals/medicalitems,light and heavy duty vehicles, apparals and other administrative logistics etc for the ECOMOG in Sierria-Leone and Liberia during the Peace Keeping Projects. This DEAL was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected with all the attendant loop holes sealed off. As the Chairman of CAC, I have the co-operation and mandate of the Financial Director and the Secretary of the Organisation. We arranged
and over invoiced the contract funds supplied by different companies from different countries during the crisis.It was our consensus to seek the assistance of a willing foreigner to provide us with the facilities to transfer this money out of West Africa.This is borne out of our beleif in the non-stable and sporous political nature of this sub-region. The original contractors have been duely paid by the Banque Centrale Des Etats De L`Afrique De L`Ouest(Central Bank of the West African States) through our bankers-Societe Generale Banque.This
balance is suspended in the escrow accounts awaiting claims by any foreign company of our choice. We intend to pay out this fund NOW as the organisation is winding up its activities since the aim of returning PEACE to the countries and the coast has been achieved.Based on the laws and ethics of employment,we as civil servants working under this
organisation, are not allowed to operate a foreign account.This is the more reason why we needed your assistance to provide an account that can sustain this fund for safe keeping and our future investment with your comprehensive advise,assistance and partnership in your country. It is however agreed,as the account owner in this deal to allow you 30% of the entire
sum as compensation,65% will be held on trust for us while 5% will be used to defray any incidental charges and cost during the course of the transaction.

This transaction will be successfully concluded within 14 days if you accord us your unalloyed and due cooperation.



Upon the receipt of POSITIVE REPLY,the documents and approval with the texts will be sent to you for confirmaton and then forwarded to the organisation for ratification and subsequent payment.As with the case of all organised (sensitive)and conspired DEALS, we solicit for your unreserved confidentiality and utmost secret in this business.We hope to retire peacefully
and lead a honourable business life afterwards. There are no risks involved. We can schedule a meeting in your country where we can sit and discuss all the modalities first before we can proceed because I am sure we are real and genuine.

REPLY ASAP.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR.BRIGHTMAN






























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