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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: "larry ken" <fijmif@msn.com>
Reply-To: laryken2tg@yahoo.com
Date: 28 Sep 2005 04:23:47 -0700
Subject:

URGENT REPLY FROM LARRYKEN
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:23:46 +0000
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed


MR LARRY KEN
CHAIRMAN CONTRACT
AWARD COMMITTEE

With due respect,

This letter might come as a surprise to you especially
since we have never met or discuss before. Basically,
the message might sound strange but it is actual in
reality if only you care to know.

The truth is that I should have notified you first
through a more confidential means, (even if it's at
least to respect your privacy) please accept my humble
apologies if i had violet your privacy, i frankly do
not mean any harm in passing my message.

We are members of the Special Committee for Budget and
Planning of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources. This committee is principally concerned
with contract appraisal and the approval of contract
in order of priorities as regards capital projects of
the federal excutive government of Nigeria with our
positions we have successfully secured for ourselves
the sum of sixty million five hundred thousanddollars
(us$60.5M) the amount was accumulated from the over
invoice of contract sum.

Hence, together with some of the top officials of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. We plan to
transfer this amount of money Twenty million five
hundred thousand dollars (us$20.5M) over invoiced
contract sum into an overseas account by processing
and presenting your company as a sister company to the
original contract company that executed the job. To
this effect i decided to contact you and ask for your
assistance.

What we need from you sir, is to provide a very vital
account in which the funds will be transferred. My
colleagues and I have agreed to compensate
the owner of the account used for this transaction
with 25% of the total amount remmitted. We shall keep
73% and remaining 2% reserved for taxes and other
miscellaneous expenses.

Finally, the confidence and trust reposed on you
cannot be over emphasised. Therefore, you are to keep
this deal to yourself confidentially. Calibre of personnels
involved are men in government.So cannot aford to loose
our respective reputation to our dear country if
jeopardised by you.
Contact me urgently with your detail information.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR LARRY KEN


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