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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: "Mohamadu Bello" <mohamadubello@mohamadubello.com>
Reply-To: mohamadu1@i12.com
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:37:42 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY
DEAR,SIR|MADAM
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE
TRANSFER OF 25,500,000.00(TWENTY FIVE MILLOIN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN
DOLLARS ) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I, ON BEHALF OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM DIFFERENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA OWNED PARASTATALS DECIDED TO SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS THE
TRANSFER OF THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT . THIS FUND AROSE
FROM THE OVER INVOICING OF VARIOUS CONTRACTS AWARDED IN MY PARASTATAL TO
CERTAIN FOREIGN CONTRACTORS SOMETIMES AGO .
WE AS HOLDERS OF SENSITIVE POSITIONS IN OUR VARIOUS PARASTATALS, WERE
MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SCRUTINIZE ALL PAYMENTS MADE TO FOREGN
CONTRACTORS, AND DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THEY EXECUTED WERE
GROSSLY OVER INVOICED EITHER BY OMISSION OR COMMISSION. ALSO WE DISCOVERED
THAT THE SUM OF $33,000,000.00(THIRTY THREE MILLION AMERICA DOLLARS ONLY )
WAS LYING IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT, ALTHOUGH THE FOREIGN CONTRACTORS WERE FULLY
PAID THEIR ENTITLEMENT AFTER EXECUTING THE SAID CONTRACTS.WE ALL AGREED THAT
THE OVER INVOICED AMOUNT BE TRANSFERRED INTO A BANK ACCOUNT PROVIDED BY A
FORIGN PARTNER, AS THE CODE OF CONDUCT OF FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE DOES NOT
ALLOW US TO OPERATE FOFRIGN ACCOUNTS.
HOWEVER WE HAVE SUCCEDED IN TRANSFERING SOME OF THE MONIES PRECISELY
US$7.5(SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS.) INTO A FORIEGN
ACCOUNT IN MOROCCO (NORTH AFRICA) BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE PROVIDER OF THE
ACCOUNT HAS SEVERED ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION WITH US AS HE HAS REFUSED TO
ADHERE TO OUR EARLIER MUTUTAL AGREEMENT, INSISTING THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT BE
PAID INTO HIS NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT BEFOR DISBURSEMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT. WE
ARE THEREFORE SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE BASED ON THE BALANCE AMOUNT US$25.5M
WHICH CAN BE SPEEDILY PROCESSED AND FULLY REMITED INTO YOUR NOMINETED BANK
ACCOUNT. ON SUCCESFUL REMITTANCE OF THE FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE
COMPASETED WITH 20% OF THE AMOUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES. THIS
TRANSACTION IS CLOSLY KNITTED AND IN VIEW OF OUR SENSITIVE POSITIONS WE
CANNOT AFFORD A SLIP.
I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%RISK FREE . WE WILL AVAIL YOU WITH
OUR INDENTITIES AS REGARDS OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICE WHEN RELATIONSHIP IS FULLY
ESTABLISHED AND SMOOTH OPERATION COMENCES. I AM AT YOUR DISPOSITION TO
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU IN RESPECT OF THIS TRANSACTION, SO CONTACT
ME IMMEDIATELY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE REQUIRMENTS AND PROCEDURE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DEAL AND CONFIDENTIALITY IS OF VERY GREAT
IMPORTANCE FOR SECURITY REASON,
PLEASE TREAT WITH STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY AND UTMOST URGENCY.
REGARDS,
MOHAMADU BELLO
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