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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: "Juliet Hassan" <drhjuliet@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: davidogaga033@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:30:25 +0100
Subject: Very Confidential/Reply
From: Dr. David Ogaga
Email:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are sending this letter to you based on information gathered from the
foreign trade office. We believe that you would be in a position to help us
in our bid to transfer the sum of Twenty-one million, five hundred thousand
dollars ($21.5m) into a foreign account.
We are members of the special committee for budget and planning of the
ministry of petroleum, this committee is principally concerned with contract
appraisals and approval of contracts in order of priorities as regards
capital project of the federal government of Nigeria. With our positions, we
have successfully secured for ourselves the sum of twenty-one million, five
hundred thousand united states dollars ($21.5m). This amount was accumulated
through undeclared windfall from sales of crude oil during the gulf war.
What we need from you is to provide a safe account into which the funds will
be transferred since government officials are not allowed by our laws to
operate foreign account. It has been agreed that the owner of the account
will be compensated with US$4.3 million of the remitted funds, we keep
US$16.125 million while US$1.075 million will be set aside to offset
expenses and pay the necessary taxes.
It may interest you to know that two years ago a similar transaction was
carried out with one Mr. Patrice Miller, the president of craine
international trading corporation at number 135, east 57th street, 28th
floor, New York. 10022 with telephone (212) 308-7788 and telex number
6731689, after the agreement between both partners in which he was to take
5%. The money was duly transferred into his account only to be disappointed
on our arrival in New York as we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice
miller was no longer on that address while his telephone and telex numbers
have been reallocated to somebody else, that is how we lost us$27.5m to Mr.
Patrice Miller.
This time around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person or a
reputable company to do business with hence this letter to you, so if you
can prove yourself to be trusted and interested in this deal then we are
prepared to do business with you. What we want from you is the assurance
that you will let us have our share when this amount of us$21.5m is
transferred into your account.
If this proposal satisfies you, please respond so we can advice you on the
modalities of the transaction. All modalities of the transfer have been
worked out and once started will not take more than 14 working days with the
absolute support of all concerned. This transaction is 100% safe.
Please treat as urgent and very confidential. Let me have your telephone and
fax numbers. God be with you as I look forward to your reply THROUGH THIS
EMAIL:
Yours faithfully,
Dr. DAVID OGAGA
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