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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 philips mbeki" <prof_pmbeki@msn.com>
Reply-To: prof_pmbek@msn.com
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:46:21 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION...
FROM THE DESK OF:THE CHAIRMAN,
TENDERS BOARD,F.M.P.M.R. PROF PHILIPS MBEKI
prof_pmbek@msn.com
CONFIDENTIAL / URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Dear Sir,
It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this
business proposal toyou. I was assigned by two of my
colleagues to seek for a foreign partner who will assist us
in providing a convenient account in a designated bank
overseas for the transfer of US$28,600,000.00 ( Twenty
Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
only), pending our arrival in your country for utilization
and disbursement of the fund with the owner of the account.
I am the Chairman, Tenders Board of the Federal Ministry of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Lagos, Nigeria. On 25th
January 1996, our Ministry, The Federal Ministry of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources, awarded a contract of
US$200,000,000.00 (Two Hundred Million United States
Dollars only), but my colleagues and I being members of the
Contract award Committee over inflated the contract to the
tune of US$ 228,600,000.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Eight
Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only),
with the intention of sharing the remaining balance of US$
28,600.000.00(Twenty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars only) amongst ourselves. The Contract
has been successfully executed and the actual contractors
have just been paid their US$ 200,000,000.00 only in full,
leaving a balance of US$28,600,000.00 which we now want to
transfer out of the country in our favour, making it look
as if the payment for the contract has been completed,
since we as Government Officials are not permitted by Law
to operate Foreign bank accounts and secondly, we cannot
collect the money from the source because the contract was
undertaken by a foreign firm. My colleagues and I have
agreed if you/your company can act as the beneficiary of
this fund (US$28,600,000.00), we will transfer the money to
your account and you will retain 30% of the total fund for
the assistance rendered, while we retain 60% of the total
fund, and the balance of 10% of the balance will be set
aside for the offsetting of all expenses that might be
incurred by both parties during the fund transfer process.
We are requesting you to co-operate with us and provide a
convenient account number in a designated bank where this
fund can be safely transferred into since this is our only
chance of making something for ourselves after many years
of service. We intend to come over there on the completion
of the fund transfer to secure our own share of the fund.
Please note that we have been careful and have worked out
all the modalities for a smooth transfer of the fund to
your chosen or designated account before contacting you. We
would therefore not want you to expose this proposal to
anybody for the purpose of security and its confidential
nature. We also believe you will not sit on our money when
it is eventually transferred into your account, as you
would get 30% of the fund. Please be rest assured that this
transaction is 100% risk free, and the nature of your
business has nothing to do with it. If this proposal is
accepted, please indicate your interest by contacting us.
and send us your Account number in a designated bank,
Address of the bank, your Company name, and your Tel/Fax
numbers. On your acceptance, more details about this
transaction will be given to you.
Yours faithfully,
PROF PHILIPS MBEKI
prof_pmbek@msn.com
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