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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: "Benard Uka" <bernard@nnpcweb.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:36:51 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Dear Simon Kruyswijk,
I am the chairman of the contract award committee of the oil ministry here
in Nigeria, for security reasons.
After due deliberation with my partner, I decided to forward to you this
business proposal, we want you to assist us receive the sum of Twenty
million,five hundred thousand united state bills(us20.5m) into your account.
This fund resulted from an over-invoiced 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 the contract. Now, we are left with
the balance of us20.5m as the over invoiced amount, which we have
deliberately over estimated for our own use.
Please note that the law forbids civil servants in this country to operate
or own foreign accounts hence this contractis concern, we have agreed to
share the money in the following percentages: 40% for you, 40% for me 10%
for the tax as may be required by your government and expences that will
require during the cause of the transaction and another 10% for the
orphernage and the motherless babies.
Note that this transaction is very much free from all sorts of risk hence
the business was carefully planned before it was successfully executed and
we the officials involved in the deal have put many years in service to our
ministry. We have been exercising patience for this privilege for so long
not until the presidential announcement last week, that all foreign
contractors owed be paid forthwith, this will enable the presidency
reconcile our debt ratio with the outside world and to most of us, this is a
lifetime blessing we cannot afford to miss.
Upon indication of your interest to fully co-operate with us, a payment
application/information form will be sent to you via email for completion.
Note that the following information is required: (a)Your full name and
address ( b) Your private telephone number and fax number if any so that my
personal attorney will proceed immediately to the ministry that is concerned
and seek/secure approval of the fund in your name from the
concerned government quarters/ministries within 3-4 banking days.
As soon as we confirm receipt of this money in your nominated bank account,
I will come over to your country to arrange for myr own share and possibly
invest part of this money in your country.
Let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction. I shall
furnish you with some details about myself. Your prompt reply will be highly
appreciated.
Best regards.
Engr.Benard Uka
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