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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: "Engr Chuma Eze" <engrchumaeze@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:47:50 +0000
Subject: LETTER FROM MR.EZE
Dear Friend,
Although this proposal might come to you as surprise since it is coming from
someone you don't know or everseen before. But after due deliberation with
my colleagues,I decided to forward this business proposal to you.
We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of
US$25.4M (Twenty five million,Four hundred Thousand United States
Dollars)into his or her Account. This fund resulted from an over-invoiced
bill from contract awarded by us under the budget allocation to my ministry
and the bill was approved for payment by the concerned ministries.
The contract was executed,commissioned and the contractor was paid his
actual cost of contract US$25.4M(Twenty five million, four hundred thousand
United States dollars)as the over-invoiced Amount which we have deliberately
over estimated for our own use but under our protocol division, civil
servants are forbidden to operate or own foriegn account.
This is why I contact you for assistance.
We have agreed to share the money as follows.
1. 25% for you account owner)
2. 70% for us,
3. 5% for tax, as may be required by your Government.
As you may want to know and make you less curious, I got your address from a
reputable Large chamber of commerce and industry and I am the executive
chairman of the contract Award committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).This transaction is very much free from all sort of risk
hence this business was carefully planned before it was successfully
executed and we the NNPC officials involved in the deal have put in many
years of meritorious service to our ministry.
We have been exercing patience for this opportunity for so long and for most
of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. To get this
fund into your account, we have to present an international business outfit
and consequent upon indication of your interest to fully assist us in this
transaction. You are advised to furnish us with the following.
1) Your bankers name and address, telephone, fax and telex numbers.
This information will enable us seek approval of the fund from the concerned
quarters within three to four banking days and the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) payment information data will be faxed
immediately to you for completion. One of my colleagues
and i involved in this deal will come to your country to arrange for our
share upon confirmation from you that the money has hit your nominated bank
account.
All these will only take us about fourteen working days to transfer this
fund into your account from the day we receive the requirement. Your line of
business in this transaction does not matter. Honesty and your ability to
keep it secret and keep our own safe when the money hits your account is
what matters.
Best regards,
Engr. Chuma Bonny Eze
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