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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: "Francis Duke" <frankduke5@msn.com>
Reply-To: frankduke2112@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:50:55 +0000
Subject: Read carefully
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way
Abuja, Nigeria.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
I am Dr.Francis Duke , a top management staff in the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-man tenders board in charge
of Contract Awards and Payments Approvals. I came to know of you in my
search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle a very confidential transaction that involves the transfer of a huge
sum of money to a foreign
account. There were series of contracts executed by a consortium
Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of NNPC among which were:
The Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and Accessories to the Warri,
Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries.
Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to the victims of the Niger/ Delta
crises.
The construction of Schools, Hospitals and Housing
Units in the Niger/Delta Region.
The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in the
sum of USD SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (6.5M) which has now
been approved and is now ready to be transferred being that the Companies
that actually executed these contracts have been paid and the projects
officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount
to your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the
Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating
foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In
return, we have agreed to
offer you 30% of the transferred sum, while 5% shall be set aside for
incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the
course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 65% to
other accounts in due course.
You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following
terms and conditions:
Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence. That you would
treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. That as a
foreign partner, you will follow our instructions to the letter. Provide the
account required, and competent to assist us on profitable investment areas
in your Country in an advisory capacity.
Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the
Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate
transfer of the funds within 10 working days subject to your satisfaction of
the above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is risk free,you are
not making any upfront payment,but you have to be sincere and God fearing
person.
To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security
of the fund, the whole
approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name
of any Company you may
nominate as the Bonafide beneficiary. Once more, I want you to understand
that having put in
over 26 years in the service of my country, I am averse to having my image
and career dented. This
matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include this
transfer in the last batch of
this financial quarter payment.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my email: (
frankduke2112@yahoo.com.hk ).
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Francis Duke .
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