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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: "Senate House" <senatehousenigeria@presidencycentral.com>
Reply-To: james_lawrence@37.com
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:22:36 +0000
Subject: Confidential Message?
FROM: DR JAY LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR, KEY TESTED TELEX WIRE
TRANSFER DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE – LAGOS.
Private Email:james_lawrence@37.com
Deer Beneficiary.
PERSONAL/STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am delighted to write you on a private note based on your assume contract
claim with the Federal Government of Nigeria programmed for transfer into
your designated bank account through my department.
I am apologizing to you for the delay in releasing this fund into your
account due to the following reasons:
Breach of Contract from the so called partners in Nigeria who introduced you
into this business, they approached me to present you as the beneficiary to
this over invoiced claim, not contract payment as envisaged me to
intermediaries who have been assisting you to lay claim to this fund. After
heated negotiation, we agreed on certain terms,but they deviated from what
wqe agreed on. as they received your bank details,.they forwarded all to my
office as we agreed. As soon as fruitful effort was made, your partners
deviated from our agreement and decided to go through the office of the
Governor Central Bank Of Nigeria(Prof,Charles Soludo)at my back and file for
this claim as contract payment with a new designated account. Several
manipulative attempts to lay claim to this fund have put the Government/CBN
in doubt to the ownership of this claim. That is why for lond now you have
been pursuing this payment without success, spending unnecessary fund to
fraudulent retrenched Government workers who have knowledge of this trapped
fund. These dubious person deceive unsuspecting fund beneficiaries by
parading fictitious Government letter that they are in charge of approving
contract payment.
You are warned to be on your guard because these individuals are not
working for the Government. I want to re-emphasize to you that this fund is
still under my control especially now that my Government has passed a
revocation order on all agency right in foreign contract payment established
a Two Tier system of payment. The Offshore Payment Centre and my department
– Key Tested Telex Wire department under instruction to transfer all
verified claims. I want to enter into real business with you on a sincere
agreement since your partners have disappeared into tin air with the fund
still floating in your name awaiting proper documentation /clearance by you
or any Attorney you may appoint through my humble office to work on your
behalf.
1. On an agreement, I assure you that I am going to transfer this fund into
your account,as soon as the documentation clearance is completed by the
Attorney whom you will appoint through my assitnce.(TRUSTED LAWYER)
2. You will assure me of keeping my dealings with you to an utmost secrecy
because of my position here in the Government Of Nigeria..
3. You will promise to give me 10% of the total fund $15.5M(Twenty Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)as soon as the fund get into
your account with a written Promissory Note signed by you.
4. I will assist you in making a proper documentations to make your claim
genuine as a bonafide Foreign Contractor and beneficiary to the said fund.
I am aware that some fraudulent individuals has been impersonating my name
and office to contact you and other as reported by the Central Bank of
Nigeria authorities advised you that henceforth, you should suspend any
dealings here or overseas that might be contacting you in this purpose and
endeavour to keep this information confidential until we finalise this
transaction. Please reply this message urgently ,I will forward my direct
line if you may wish to call mre for more better discussion,but meanwhile
include your telephone number and appropriate time to call you, as you
respond to thgis mail today.
Best Regartds.
Your faithfully,
DR. JAMES LAWRENCE.
Director, Key Tested Wire Transfer Dept.
N.B: Sorry I couldn’t use my office memo to write you due to the
confidentiality of this transaction but will be used in other official
communication during the transfer.
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