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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: "runs igwe" <runsigwe1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:28:37 +0000
Subject: MY DEAREST FRIEND.
Office of the Financial Controller.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Building 6/7 Falomo, Lagos, Nigeria.
Attn: President/CEO,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
I am Dr. Robinson Igwe, The financial controller in the Federal Ministry Of
Agriculture (FMA) Headquarters Lagos. I am writing on behalf of my
colleagues in the Ministry and have been assigned to seek for the assistance
of a reliable foreign company or person through which or whom we can
transfer the sum of THIRTY MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY (US$30,000,000). This
money is deposited in the FMA Treasury account with the Central Bank of
Nigeria.
ORIGIN OF THE FUND: This sum arose from the deliberated over-invoicing of
contract awarded by my ministry to foreign firm in the twilight days of the
last military regime. This contract has been completely executed and
commissioned and the contractor that handled this contract has collected his
full and final payment thus leaving behind the above stated amount which
represent the over invoiced sum. We have been safeguarding this money for
conducive time for it’s transfer out of the country for our personal use.
However, the code of employment does not allow us (civil servants) to own !
and operate foreign account and because the contract was handled by a
foreign firm and the payment made in dollars, we now need a foreign partner
that will present himself as the sub-contractor so that the fund will be
transfer into your company’s or personal account. A very good friend who
works with the Nigeria export promotion council made your address available
to us and he assured us of your company’s viability and capability in
business transaction. This assurance gave us the courage to link you up in
this particular transaction and we hope it will be of mutual benefit to all
of us. Note that the nature of your business is not particularly relevant to
the success of the transaction. All we require is your willingness to
present yourself as the subcontractor by providing your bank information so
that the fund will be transferred into your account.
SHARING RATIO: For your assistance in this business, your share will be 30%
of the total fund. I and my colleagues will take 60% while we set aside 10%
for any expenses that may incurred in the course of this transaction. If you
are willing to assist us in this business, forward the particulars of your
bank account and also your private phone and fax numbers. This information
will enable us put an application for payment approval to the concerned
Ministries and finally to the Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N) and it is
going to last for 6-7 working days starting from the day we receive the
above information. All modalities for the take –off of this transaction have
been worked out and further action will commence immediately we hear from
you. I am waiting for your reply via my private emails address ...
runs_igwe65@yahoo.co.uk for security reasons.
Thanks,
Yours faithfully.
Dr. Robinson Igwe.
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