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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 sani" <ahmedsani81@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:03:51 +0100
Subject: urgent

VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

DEAR FRIEND,

I am Alhaji Ahmed Sani the chief Accountant of the Nigeria National
petroleum
Cooperation (NNPC) headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. I have no reason to
doubt
your honesty and credibility hence I make this proposal to you. Please,
treat
with utmost confidence and excuse me for the embarrassment this letter might
cause you as we have not met or know each other before.

I have the mandate of my colleagues in office to solicit for your assistance
for
a deal we want to execute, My Corporation (NNPC) awarded a contract of
US$86,700,000.00 (Eighty- Six Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Us Dollars) to
a
foreign firms to supply Rig & Drilling Equipments for Kaduna Refinery here
in
Nigeria but because of my position, this contract was over invoiced to
US$115,300,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand
united state Dollars). The original contract sum has been paid to the
contractors that executed the project, now we are left with the over-invoice
sum
of US$28,600,000.00 (Twenty Eight Million, Six Hundred thousand U.S. Dollars
only).

All arrangements have been concluded on how this money would be moved. Our
constraints lie on the fact that we required a foreign firm or individual
account number where the money will be paid into: Whose owner will be
portrayed
as a contract beneficiary of fund. Infact this is why Iam writing you this
letter.

NOTE: - There is no risk involved as we have taken care, loopholes covered.
As a civil servant, we are aware that some financial assistance would be
required to conclude this job, we are prepared to give as much as 35% of the
total sum to whoever that is willing to assist, while 60% of the total sum
will
go for me and my colleagues.
To this effect, 5% would be earmark to cover all the expenses (Local and
International). This is because the process would pass through some
Directors
in the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). These
officials might require some tips to facilitate payment without delay since
they
are not aware of the deal.

Please, should you be willing to assist, we shall require the following
information to enable us put claim immediately. Your bank name, Address and
Account Number, Fax number of the Bank where the money will be transferred
into.

But should you not be in position to assist, the deal has to remain a secret
till the end of time. It is important I mention that the officials involved
in
this transaction are top Government Functionaries who have put in years of
service to this Country. For the maintenance of personal integrity and
prestige
of all persons involved in this transaction, you are implored to exhibit
utmost
secrecy throughout the duration of the transaction. You are strongly advice
to
avoid discussing this transaction with a third party as that could
jeopardize
the entire transaction.

You may open a separate bank account in my Country for this purpose if you
wish.
All arrangements for this transfer been properly organized and further
action
awaits your immediate response. Hurry and send to me the Account Number
where
the money will be transferred into, so that we can start to process for the
approval of this payment.We hope to use some substancial aspect of the fund
to assit your organisation .
Please, reply me through my e-mail Address.


I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,


Alhaji Ahmed Sani

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