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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: "dagogo benson" <dagogobenson1@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:07:13 +0000
Subject: PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY
Please reply through this e-mail address:
dagogobenson9@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam.
URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before. However,
we decided to contact you based on a satisfactory
information we had about the western world, as regards
business information concerning your country and the
safety of our funds in a steady economy such as that
of your country compared to our country Nigeria,
Africa.I am a civil adviser currently working with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C). My
close and trusted colleagues and I need your
assistance in the transfer of US$45.5 million into any
reliable Account you may nominate overseas.This fund
was generated from over-invoicing of contracts
executed by the N.N.P.C. under our control and
supervision. This fund is now ready to be remitted
into any account we put forward for that purpose.What
we want from you is a good and reliable company or
personal account into which we shall transfer this
fund.Details should include the following:
1. New account where there's no money in it.
2. Name of Bank.
3. Address of Bank with fax and tel. number.
4. Account number.
5. Beneficiary/Signatory to account(Account name).
Upon the successful crediting of your account, the
fund will be shared as follows:
1. 30% to you for your assistance.
2. 65% for myself and my colleagues.
3. 5% for contingency expenses.
Please Note that original contractor's name which is
the same as your's that is why we are contacting you
to help us, please after your first reply through
e-mail, I will want us to continue further
communication by fax and telephone for confidential
purpose. We wish to assure you that your involvement
should you decide to assist us, will be well
protected. This business is 100% risk free as we have
secured our own side of the transaction.Thank you for
your anticipated co-operation while we look forward to
a mutually benefiting business relationship with
you.Please when replying to my e-mail, kindly include
your telephone, fax number and mobile telephone
numbers preferably extremely private numbers where we
can reach you anytime of the day. To maintain
confidentiality, our pass word is "APPLE". Please
request for the above password any time you call. If
who ever that answer could not quote the password,
please hang up and dial again.My number 234-80-24531106
Please reply through this e-mail address:
dagogobenson9@yahoo.com
Best regards,
DR. BENSON DAGOGO.
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