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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: "Mr. Ben Ubochi" <benny_ubochi@ministryofwaterresources.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:40:19 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply

Mr. Ben Ubochi
(Assistant director of project division)
Federal ministry of water resources
Federal secretariat Lagos office
Ikoyi Lagos
Nigeria
Fax: 234 1 759 3352
Date: 3rd Sept. 2005

Dear Sir,

Desire to seek your assistance to actualize a project of fund transfer.
May I Sir plead to crave your indulgence on the above subject matter. I am
Mr. Ben Ubochi, an assistant director in the federal ministry of water
resources in charge of project division of the ministry with the office in
Lagos. I am contacting you on the full consent of all the parties involve in
this matter.

It mighty please you to know sir that we do not have the details of you but
only trying to see the workability of this relationship. We have the utmost
believe that it takes a step to start a million kilometer journey and would
appreciate if this will mark the beginning of a well desired relationship
between us.

Like I mentioned from the beginning of this mail, I am an assistant director
in charge of project of division of the federal ministry of water resources
in lagos area division. Sometimes in the year 1998, we awarded a contract to
a particular contractor for the construction of water boreholes in the rural
areas of the west plus its distribution to the interiors of the area. The
contractor was executed and the original contractors equally paid but we had
the understanding with them to grant us authority claim the retention fee as
our commission, which is now due for claims.

The amount involve is the sum of USD17.5 million (seventeen point five
million United States Dollars). We cannot as civil servant be able to
process this fund in our names nor can we use a person from this country in
order not put ourselves in trouble. We are therefore seeking for any person
who will be truthful to us to process the fund hence our contacting you.

We shall arrange for the processing of the transaction here but all party
shall contribute to its execution if need after due agreement of all
concerned. Sir if you are willing to assist us, we shall appreciate your
earnest reply. We shall require to have your telephone number to enable us
interact over telephone. Be assured that all about this transaction is legal
and confidential to the core and we demand that you keep to yourself until
its realization.
For contact on this proposal, please restrict your communication to me Mr.
Ben Ubochi either through this email address or via bb_ubochi@fastermail.com
.

Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Ben Ubochi
Federal Ministry of Water Resources

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