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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: "Engr. Christopher Oleleh" <chris_oleleh@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: chris_oleleh@outgun.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:12:41 -0700
Subject: HI (NNPC)
Dear Sir,
REF: INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (NNPC)
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This
is by virtue of its nature as being Utterly confidential and ?TOP SECRET?.
You have been recommended by an associate who assured me in confidence of
your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great magnitude
involving a Pending business transaction, requiring maximum confidence.
We are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel who
are interested in importation of goods into our country with funds, which
are trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence this business we solicit your
assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds.The
source of this fund is as follows:
THE SOURCE OF FUND:
During the last Military Regime here in Nigeria, the Government Officials
set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over-invoiced
in various ministries. The present Democratic elected Government of President
Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo set up a Contract Review Panel and we have identified
a lot of inflated contract funds which are presently floating in the Central
Bank of Nigeria ready for payment. However, by virtue of our position as
civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot acquire this money in
our names. I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues
of the panel to look for an overseas partner into whose account we would
transfer the sum of US$21,320,000.00 ( USD 21.3 Million ), Hence we are
writing you this letter.
We have agreed to share the money thus:
1. 30% for the Account owner (you).
2. 60% for us (The officials).
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local and foreign expenses.Iis
from the 60% that we wish to commence the importation business. Please note
that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commence the transfer latest
seven (7) banking days from the date of receipt of the following information,
i. Your Name, ii. Your Company?s Name and address & iii. Your Telephone and
Facsimile Numbers. The above information will enable us write letters of
claim and job description respectively. This way we will use your company?s
name to apply for payment and re-award the contract in your company?s name.
We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit your confidentiality
in this transaction.
Please acknowledge receipt of this letter using the above TEL/FAX Numbers.
I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending project when I
have heard from you, as I have also furnish you with my official tel/fax
numbers in Respective this proposal. Please be informed that the above matter
should be treated as top secret
Yours faithfully,
Engr. Christopher Oleleh
Director Project Implimentation Dept.
(N.N.P.C).
ABUJA NIGERIA.
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