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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: "steve eke" <steveeke1@bocchi.it>
Reply-To: sekennpc@mighty.co.za
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:38:05 -0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL.
Hello Dear,
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may
offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and
writing through this channel.I got your contact from a proffesional database
found in internet while searching for a reliable and honest person that will
be an annointed steward in a vision very dear to me.
INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:
I am Mr.Steve Eke the Managing Director Of Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). I have an amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek
your Partnership and trust in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with
10% of The total sum for your partnership.Can you be my partner on this?
this money originated from an oil deal i did with Mr.Tafa Balogun former
Nigeria inspector-General of Police,As the managing director of
nnpc.authority was handed over to me for the safe keeping of money of an
American oil merchant for an oil deal i did with Mr.Tafa Balogun.
As a matter of fact,this money have been approved by the federal ministry of
finance for payment.But we are top government officials and we cannot come
out openly to claim this amount,While I was on the process, My Colleague got
arrested for money laundering, theft of police funds, invested stolen funds
in blue chip firms, banks and owned several accounts where huge sums of
looted monies were lodged in fictitious names.You can catch more of the story
on This website:
http://www.nigerianmuse.com/nigeriawatch/officialfraud/u=Tafa_Balogun_arrested
htm>
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspxarticleid=200601&area=/breaking_news/break
ing_news__africa/>
This is why we are looking for a competent and honest company or individual
abroad whose documents would be tendered by us here in Nigeria to reprofile
this fund in his name as the contractors that executed the project.
However, I would wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not
sit on the money when it goes into your account. More importantly, you keep
this transaction confidential, in order not to tarnish the confidence repose
in the officials involved in this transaction. To affect this transfer, I
therefore request the following:
YOURE ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE NAME OF YOUR BANK. WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE
TRANSFERRED INTO AND ALSO YOUR PRIVATE FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR QUICK
COMMUNICATION.
YOUR ROLE:
All we need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum
and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable the bank in
nigeria release the fund to your account.I have decided to use this Sum to
relocate to your country for investment purpose.
as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I will
provide you with the details.Please send our reply to my private email box.
sekennpc@fastermail.com
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Mr. Steve Eke.
MD NNPC.
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