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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: "uba@ubahammad.com uba@ubahammad.com" <uba@ubahammad.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:08:18 +0000
Subject: honest partner needed

FROM: Mallam Uba Hammad

Dear Friend,

I am Mallam Uba Hammad chairman contract award committee for the
petroleum special trust fund.

I know that these letters will come to you as a surprise since we
have not met in person. Please bear with me, we are in search for a
reliable and honest partner abroad that we can entrust with the sum
of us$35 million.(THIRTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)

These funds originated from contract we executed for the petroleum
trust fund (PTF) Purpose for the supply and installations of
oil-pipeline to Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries. This contract
has been executed and full payments have been made to the
contractors who executed these contract leaving behind us$35
million as an over-invoice amount for we the committee members.

In view of this, my colleagues have mandated me to look for a
foreign partner abroad who will receive these fund on our behalf.
Which means that you will provide us with any account of your
choice where we can lodge these fund immediately. I will be
visiting your country upon your confirmation in receipt of fund in
your nominated account to know you better and discuss investment or
importation of goods back to our country.

DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUND IS AS FOLLOWS:30% of the total sum will be
your share While 70% will be for me and my colleagues.

WE ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND
VERY LEGITIMATE AS ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED BY US WITH
OUR CONNECTION IN GOVERNMENT .

What matters most is honesty on your side and for you to keep
everything confidential until this fund is dully remitted into your
nominated account. If this business interests you, please do not
hesitate to email me as a matter of urgency.

Cheers and God bless you.

Please reply me throught my altanative

email:(uba_hammad@yahoo.com)

Thanks
Yours faithfully
Mallam Uba Hammad

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