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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: "ENGR FUNSHO KUPOLOKUN" <engrf@funshokupolokun.com>
Reply-To: fm_kupolokun@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:42:56 +0000
Subject: COOPORATE TRANSACTION

FROM THE DESK OF: ENGR.FUNSHO KUPOLOKUN
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR (GMD)
(NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUEM COOPORATION.NNPC)
TELEPHONE:234 803 516 5595
EMAIL :fm_kupolokun@yahoo.com

Sir,

My name is ENGR.FUNSHO KUPOLOKUN, GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR and head of
the
Contract Tender Board Committee of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). After due consultation with other members of the
Committee, I have been mandated to arrange and negotiate for a trusted
foreign firm or individual account overseas for a possible transfer of
some
fund being an over invoiced sum resulting from various contracts
executed by
foreign companies for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC).

NATURE OF CONTRACT:
1. Supply of B.P.S.D chemical, erection and system Optimization of
super
polypro for Warri Refinery.
2. Supply of capacity turbine flow axle, and computerized conveyor for
plant
A-D Warri Refinery.
3. Activation of axle turbine pipes flow plants and liters flow for
Kaduna
Refinery.

OBJECTIVES: It should be noted that original value of these contracts
were
purposely over invoiced by my committee (the Contract Tender Board
Committee) with the sum of Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars ($25.5M). Now, all firms involved in this contract have
been
paid accordingly and the project commissioned.
As a result, we want to transfer this inflated sum to a trusted Oversea
Partner as the true beneficiary, through the Central Bank of Nigeria as
we
Civil Servants Nigeria are not allowed to operate foreign Account.

BENEFIT: We have agreed to give you 35% of the amount, while 10% will
be set
aside to offset any expenses incurred during the transaction. 55% will
be
for my colleagues and I.

REQUIREMENT: All modalities have efficiently and confidentially been
worked
out with the top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the
Central Bank of Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this fund into
your
Account within the shortest possible time of receiving the following
information from you:

(1) Your full Names, Address,
(2) Your Private/ confidential Telephone and Fax Numbers.
(3) Your account coordinate.
(4) YOUR CHOICE OF COMPANY NAME

On receipt of this information, all arrangements shall be perfected
here for
a successful and hitch-free transfer of this fund to your Account.
Utmost
confidentiality and trust is highly needed.

All your replies should be strictly on my direct e-mail address
(fm_kupolokun@yahoo.com).
This transaction is 100% risk free and does not depend on any specific
field
of trade. Reach me on the above email if you are interested in my
proposal.

Best Regards,

ENGR.FUNSHO KUPOLOKUN
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR (GMD)
(NNPC)


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