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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: "Fred Amu" <fredamu01@fredamu-international.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:10:54 +0000
Subject: Hello
FROM Dr Fred Amu
TEL;234 802569 4639
IFAX: 801-841-5583
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP " STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL".
Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality
in this transaction.This is by virtue of its nature 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. We have
decided to contact you first by your email due
to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been
reliably informed that it will take at least two to
three weeks for a normal post to reach you. So we
decided it is best using the email.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to
you. I am DR.Fred Amu , a senior official in the
Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and I head a
Three-man tender board in charge of Contracts 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. I and my colleagues are top officials of
the Federal Government Contract Review Panel.Our
duties include evaluation,vetting, approval for
payment of contract jobs done for the DPR,etc. In order to commence this
business, we solicit for your assistance to enable us
transfer into your account the said funds.
The source of this funds is as follows: During the
last military regime here in Nigeria, this committee
awarded a contract of US$400,000,000.00(Four Hundred
Million United States Dollars) to five construction firms on behalf
of the Petroleum Ministry.During this process my colleagues and I decided
amongst ourselves
to deliberately over-inflate the total contract sum to
US$415,500,000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with the main
intention of sharing the remaining sum of US$315,500,000.00
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) amongst ourselves. The Federal Government of Nigeria
has since approved the sum of US$415,500,000.00 (Four
Hundred and Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) for us as the contract sum, and the sum of
US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States Dollars) has also been
paid to the
foreign contractors concerned as contract entitlements
for the contract done, but since each of the companies
is entitled to S$80,000,000.00 only, we are now left with
US$15,500,000.00 balance in the account which we
intend to transfer abroad into a safe and reliable
account to be disbursed amongst ourselves, but by
virtue of our positions as civil servants and members
of this panel,we cannot do this by ourselves, as we
are prohibited by the "Code of Conduct Bureau" (Civil
Service Laws) from opening / operating foreign accounts in our
names, making it impossible for us to acquire the
money in our names. I have, therefore, been mandated
as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the panel to look for an
overseas partner into whose account we would transfer
the sum of US$15,500,000.00(Fifteen Million
FiveHundred Thousand United States Dollars), hence we
are writing you this letter. My colleagues and I have
agreed that if your company can act as the beneficiary
of this funds on our behalf, you or your company will
retain 25% of the total amount of US$15,500,000.00
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),
while 70% will be for us (members of
this panel) and the remaining 5% will be used in
offsetting alldebts/expenses incurred (both local and
foreign) in the cause of this transfer.Needless to
say,the trust reposed on you at this juncture is
enormous.In return we demand your complete honesty and
trust. You must however, NOTE that this transaction will be strictly
based on the following terms and conditions as we have
stated below, as we have heard confirmed cases of
business associates running away with funds kept in their
custody when it finally arrive their accounts. This
is why we have decided that this transaction will be
based completely on the following:
(a). Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence.
(b). That you would treat this transaction with utmost
secrecy and confidentiality.
(c). That upon receipt of the funds, you will promptly
release our share (70%) on demand after you have
removed your 25% and all expenses have been settled.
(d). You must be ready to produce us with enough
information about yourself to put our minds at rest.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and
risk free and we hope to conclude the business in
Seven Bank working days from the date of receipt of
the necessary
information and requirement from you.
Please, acknowledge the receipt of this letter using
my alternate email address:fredamu_2005@fastermail.com
telephone number: 234 802569 4639
I will bring you into the complete picture of the
transaction when I have heard from you.Your urgent
response will be highly appreciated as we are already
behind schedule for this financial quarter.Thank you
and God bless.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Fred Amu
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