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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: "id" <idmu@handbag.com>
Reply-To: abbasmus2000@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:29:42 +0100
Subject: RE; Your attention
ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE,
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT,
ABUJA.
NIGERIA.
Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction,
this is by virtue of it's nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret as you were introduced to us
in confidence through the South African Chamber of Commerce, foreign
trade division.and if the contents of this mail does meet with your
approval, i humbly crave your indulgence.
I am the chairman of the Economic Recovery Committe (ERC) set up by
the present Government , part of our job is to review economic policies
of government parastatals, and find out ways to reduce waste and
maximise revenues allocated to them.
In the course of our work at the ERC, we discovered some fund which
resulted from gross re-valuation of contracts by top government officials
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The company that executed the contracts have been duly paid and the
contracts commissioned leaving the said lying unclaimed in the escrow
account of the NNPC with the Central Bank Of Nigeria.
upon interogation of the directors of engineering and finance of the
NNPC, who both happen to be my contemporaries at the university confessed
to me in confidence that they had an agreement with the original
contractor to revalue the original contract sum by 30%.
This 30% which amounts to $29,200,000 (Twenty-nine million ,two hundred
thousand United State dallars) only, was to be their share from the
contract, since the original contractor was well disposed towards giving
them the conventional 10% kickback.
When I now asked them what they intended to do now that my committee
has discovered this USD29.2M, they begged me not to disclose this
information to the government as they will lose their jobs and their family
names destroyed. I was at at a crossroad, as I did not want my friends to
suffer for what other top government officials do and get away with. I
discussed with the other two members of my committee and we all
unanimously agreed to transfer this fund out and share
amongst ourselves.
I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in
the committee to look for an overseas partner to whom we could transfer
the sum of US$29.2M legally subcontracting the entitlement to you/your
company. This is bearing in mind that our civil service code of
conduct forbids us from owning foreign company or running foreign account
while in government service hence the need for an overseas partner.
Should this transaction interest you, you are to contact me on my
personal e-mail address, so that I can brief you fully, reveal my true
identity and discuss your renumeration for this undertaking.
All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the smooth
conclusion of the transaction within ten to fourteen days of
commencement after receipt of the following information: Your full name/
company name, address, company's details & activities, telephone & fax
numbers.
These information will enable us make the applications and lodge claims
to the concerned ministries & agencies in favour of your company and it
is pertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely based on
trust as the solar bank draft or certified cheque drawable in any of the
Central Bank Of Nigeria correspondent bankers in America, Asia and Europe
is going to be made in your name.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter usingnmy personal E-mail address:
abbasmus2000@netscape.net
Yours Faithfully
Dr Idris Musa
___________________________________________________________
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