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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: Ahmed Abu <dr_ahmedabu@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:13:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dr.Ahmed Abu
Treasury Controller,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
dr_ahmedabu@wowmail.com


Dear Sir,
BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
I am the Treasury Controller, Nigerian National
Petroleum
Corporation [NNPC] and a close associate of the
immediate past
Minister of Petroleum Resources.
The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of
US$98 millions
recovered from an over-invoiced contracts involving
the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] into several
private account
in Europe and United States. A total sum of
US$60,000,000.00 has
been transferred before the emergence of this
present Civilian
Administration,leaving the balance of
US$38,000,000.00.
I have made proper arrangement/documentation to
transfer the balance
which is retained in a coded account of the NNPC
with the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
We are soliciting that you help us to receive the
fund in trust. We
cannot complete this transaction smoothly without
the participation
of a foreign partner who would provide an account
where the funds
could be lodged. Since it is a contract payment,
thefunds must be
remitted to a foreign account. The remittance of the
funds requires
little documentation.
There is no risk involved on your part in this
transaction since the
former Minister and I have covered this transaction
with adequate
contractand external credit documents from the
beginning.
What we require from you by e-mail or fax are viz:
{i} Acceptance letter of this offer
{ii} Your company name and confidential telephone
and fax numbers
{iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and
Willingness to
abide by the requirements of this proposal paramount
of which is
CONFIDENTIALITY.
We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the
entire
US$38,000,000.00. for your effort in this
transaction, 70% for us
partners here in Nigeria and the remaining 10% will
be used for
defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this
transfer.
Please reply urgently by fax or e-mail as we expect
that the
transaction will not take more than ten working
days. And please
note that this transaction must be top secret.reply
to my private box: dr_ahmedabu@wowmail.com
Best regard.

Dr. Ahmed Abu
(Treasury Controller NNPC)








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