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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: "Kingsley Chukwuemeka" <nnpccommitee4@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:56:49 +0000
Subject: FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT ( BUSINESS PROPOSAL)

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PETROLEUM AND PROJECT DIVISION

ATTN: DEAR SIR,

This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever
form, rather is compelled to contact your esteemed self, following the
knowledge of your high repute and trustworthiness.

Please I want you to patiently read this my offer and make up your mind
whether you will accept it or not. I am Dr. kingsley Chukwuemeka and I head
a seven man tender board in charge of contract awards and payment
approvals, I came to know of you in search of a reliable and reputable
person to
handle a very confidential business transaction which involves the transfer
of a
huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. My
colleagues and I are top officials of the MAINTENANCE OF THE REFINERIES
IN ALL THE DESIGNATED NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION {NNPC}. OUR
DUTIES INCLUDE VETTING, EVALUATION AND FORESEEING THE OIL PIPELINES. We are
therefore soliciting for your assistance to enable us transfer into
your account the said funds. Our country losses a lot of money everyday that
is why the international community is very careful and warning their
citizens to be careful but I tell you A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU.

The source of the fund is as follows; during the last military regime
here in Nigeria this committee awarded a contract of US$400million to a
group of five construction companies on behalf of the NIGERIA NATIONAL
PETROLEUM
CORPORATION for the construction of the oil pipelines in Kaduna, Port
Harcourt, Warri refineries. During this process my colleagues and I
deliberately inflated the total contract sum to the tune US$428million
with the intention of sharing the inflated sum of US$28million. The
government has since approved the sum of US$428million for us as the
contract sum,
but since the contract is only worth US$400million, the remaining
US$28million is what we intend to transfer to reliable and safe offshore
account, we
are prohibited to operate foreign account in our names since we are still
in government. Thus, making it impossible for us to acquire the money in
our name right now, I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust by
my colleagues to look for an oversea partner into whose account we can
transfer the sum of US$28million. My colleagues and I have decided that if
you/your company can be the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or
your
company will retain 20% of the total sum US$28million while 75% will be
for us the officials and remaining 5% will be used for offsetting all
debts/expenses incurred during this transaction.

We have decided that this transaction can only proceed under the
following conditions:

a.That you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality and conviction of your transparent honesty.

b.That upon the receipt of the funds you will release the funds as
instructed by us after you have removed your share of 20%.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above telephone
and fax numbers. I will bring you into the nomenclature of this transaction
when I have heard from you. Your urgent response will be highly appreciated
as we catching on the next payment schedule for the financial quarter.
Please
be assured that this transaction is 100% legal/risk free, only trust can
make the reality of this transaction.Please send your reply to my
confidential email: kingsleychukwuemeka@uk2.net

Best Regards,

Dr Kingsley Chukwuemeka

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