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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: SUCCESS KABONGO <kabongosuccessventures@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FINANCIAL BROKER OPPORTUNITY [PLSGO THROUGH THE DETAILS]


Dear prospective friend,
It is a pleasure to contact you through this
medium to introduce our esteemed Committee, the
Presidential (Petroleum) Task Force Committee (PPTFC),
set up by the present democratic Government in
Nigeria, to supervise the sales and awards of Crude oil
Lifting contracts through the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to you.
Members of our Committee have agreed and concluded
every arrangement now to transfer out of Nigeria through the
Central Bank of Nigeria a total sum of $50,300,000.00 (Fifty Million, three
hundred thousand United State Dollars), to a reliable
corporate account overseas for mutual disbursement,
hence my reason to contact you for your collaboration
with us in strict confidence.
This money is the excess sum realized from sales
of Nigerian Bonny Light Crude Oil above the government
regulated price margins as a result of world oil price
fluctuations, which accurate sales figures were
never rendered to our government by us for as we agreed
to get some money out of our government since it is the only way we can secure future for our ear family.
At the successful conclusion of this business deal, you will be entitled to 20% of the total sum remitted to your bank account for your collaboration. Our share is 75%. 5% will be used to take care of all expenses that might be incurred by both parties during this transaction including cost of transfer/taxes etc.
If you are willing to collaborate with us in this business opportunity, as I hope you will, please
contact me urgently and I will revert back to you
with detailed information.
Awaiting your earliest response.
Best Regards,
Jimmy Jackson.
Committee Secretary, PPTFC




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