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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: "ganivv brown" <info@ganivvbrown.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:05:00 +0000
Subject: PLEASE ACT ACCORDINGLY AND PRIVATELY
Mr Gani Brown
Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation
Lagos, Nigeria.
Tele:234-8035668178
Dear Sir,
President/CEO.
I am Gani Brown,a top management staff in the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-mantender's board in charge of
Contract Awards and Payments Approvals. I came to know of you in my search
for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential
transaction that involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account.
There were series of contracts executed by a consortium Multinationals in
the oil industry in favor of NNPC among which were: The Supply of Y2K
Compliant Personal Computers and Accessories to the Warri, Port arcourt and
Kaduna Refineries. Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to the victims of
the Niger/Delta crisis .The construction of Schools, Hospitals and Housing
Units in the
Niger/Delta Region.
The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in the
sum of (USD 7,500,000.00 (Seven million five hundred thousand UnitedStates
dollars) which has now been approved and is now ready to be transferred
being that the Companies that actually executed these contracts have been
paid and the projects officially commissioned. Consequently, my colleagues
and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account for
subsequent
disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of
Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names. Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this
juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed to offer you 20% of the transferred sum, while 10%
shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between
the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit
the balance 70% to other accounts in due course. You must however NOTE that
this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions. Our
conviction
of your transparent honesty and diligence. That you would treat this
transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
That as a foreign partner, you will follow our instructions to the
letter.Provide the account required, and competent to assist us on
profitable investment areas in your Country in an advisory capacity.
Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the
Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate
transfer of the funds within 10 working days subject to your satisfaction of
the above stated terms.
Our assurance is that your role is risk free. To accord this transaction the
legality it deserves and for mutual security of the fund, the whole approval
procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name of any
Company you may nominate as the Bonafide beneficiary.Upon response the
following information is needed:
Your full name/age
Yourtelephone/fax number
Your contact address/a photograph page of your international passport
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 26 years in the
service of my country, I am averse to having my image and career dented.This
matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency.Please
acknowledge the receipt of this email.
I look forward to your response,
Yours Sincerely,
Gani Brown
NNPC. Nigeria.
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