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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: "Prof Charles Soludo" <charlessoludo@cbnonlinebanking.net>
Reply-To: charlesoludo99@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:32:08 +0000
Subject: OVER DUE IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

OVER DUE IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009:

Attn: From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the
Federal Government of Nigeria.

Our quest for a foreign reliable partner that assured of your
trustworthyness in this nature of transaction.

My partners and I are top staffs of Nigerian Petroleum Resources (MPR) and a
member of a three-man Tender Board in charge of contract review and payment
approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable person to
handle a very confidential transaction that involves the transfer of a huge
sum of money to a foreign account.

Our quest for a foreign reliable partner, was given to us by friend through
the IAPH MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY, he assured me of your trustworthyness in this
nature of transaction. I wish to inform you that this payment is being
processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.
Also note that from my record in my file the outstanding contract payment is
US$32,700,000.00 (Thirty-two million seven hundred thousand united states
dollars).

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
1) Your private Telephone, Fax and mobile #.
2) Your Company name, position and address.
3) Your Profession, age and marital status.
4) A Scanned copy of your international passport (If available).

Needless to say, the trust posed on you at this juncture is enormous.
Inreturn, we have agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum while 10%
shall be set aside for accidental expenses (Internal & External) between the
parties in the course of the transfer. We will mandate you to draw up an
investment plan for us of which you will control since we cannot bring our
shares back to Nigeria. We are very interested in investing in real estate
in your country.

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in
a Certified Bank Draft or wired to your nominated bank account directly
through our overseas correspondence bank in London U.K. As soon as you
receive this letter for further discussion, you should get back to me
through my private e-mailaddress: charlesoludo99@yahoo.ca, for more
clarifications.

Regards,


Prof. Charles. C.Soludo.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).


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