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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: "Duke osagie" <dukeosagie_111@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: dr_osagie@myway.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 05:55:43 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
FROM THE DESK OF: Dr.DUKE OSAGIE
Director,of Project Implementation,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Ikoyi, Lagos.
MY GOOD FRIEND,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
First and foremost, I apologised using this medium to reach you for a transaction
of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed
on this medium.
I have decided to seek a confidential cooperation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret due of its sensitive nature.
Your particulars were given to me by a member of the Nigerian Export Promotion
Council(NEPC) who was at the Federal Government Delegation to your country
during a trade exhibition. I have decided to seek a confidential cooperation
with you Through your E-mail in the execution of the deal described hereunder
for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret
because of the nature of this business.
Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I work as a Director,Project
Implementation and with the cooperation of four other top officials,we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty-one million,Five
Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars(US$21,500,000.00) which we want to transfer
abroad with assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to
receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account
to receive such funds. Moreso, we are handicapped in the circumstances as
the Nigeria Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us as civil servant
to operate offshore accounts,hence your importance in the whole transaction.
The amount represents the balance of the total contract value executed on
behalf of my Ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid
to the origional contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic
Transfer (T.T) to foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application
through the Federal Ministry of Justice for the transfer of rights and privileges
of the formal contractor to you.
Since the new civilian government of my country is determined to pay every
foreign contractor all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship with
foreign government and non-governmental financial agencies, therefore we
have decided to include our bills for approvals with the cooperation of some
officials from the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central
Bank of Nigeria(CBN). We are seeking your assistance in providing a vital
account or any virgin bank account into which we can remit this money by
acting as our main partner and trustee. This we can do by swapping of account
and changing of beneficiary and other forms of documentation upon application
for claim to reflect the payment and approvals to be secured on behalf of
you. This processes being pre-arranged with the principal trustee of the
original contractor and with the consent of the origional contractor.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in this transaction your share of the sum will be 30%
of the US$21.5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe for both parties, provided you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization
is not an hindrace to the successful execution of this transaction. I have
reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.
Please Indicate Your Willingness by replying this mail with your Fax/Tell
Number through this e-mail via''dr_osagie@myway.com'' due to the confidentiality
of this deal,so that we can discuss one on one.
Thanks for your cooperations.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Duke Osagie
___________________________________________________________
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