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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: "Samy Kuffor" <samuel_kuffor@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:20:47 +0000
Subject: Request For An Urgent Business Relationship

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Dr. Samuel Kuffor, Chairman of the Tender Board Committee of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C). After due consultation
with other members of the Committee, I have specifically been mandated to
arrange and negotiate for a trusted foreign firm or individual account
overseas for a possible transfer of some funds being over-invoiced sum
resulting from various contracts executed by foreign companies for our
Ministry.

NATURE OF CONTRACT EXECUTED:
Supply of B.P.S.D chemical, erection and system Optimization of super
polypro for Warri refinery, Supply of capacity turbine flow axle, and
computerized conveyer for plant A-D Warri refinery.Activation of axle
turbine pipes flow plants and liters flow for Kaduna refinery as well it
should be noted that original value of these contracts were purposely over
invoiced by us, the Tender Board Committee Members with the sum of Eight
million Dollars($8M).

Now all firms involved in the execution of the contracts have been paid
accordingly and the project commissioned, while the over-inflated sum is on
the suspence account of the Central Bank Of Nigeria. Due to our various
positions as Civil servants, the law prohibits us from operating a foreign
account hence I am contacting you to assist us claim the fund with your name
or company name as beneficiary. All modalities for the transaction have been
efficiently and secretly perfected with some top officials of the Federal
Ministry Of Works.

The only hitch is the provision of a foreigner, hence my contacting you for
assistance, bearing in mind also that the transaction is risk free as
procedure for documentations and onward transfer of fund into your account
are within the frame work of constituted legal authority. Should you be
willing to assist. we will need the following to enable us raise
documentation to the supervising ministry where the jobs were originaly
executed. Your full names,phone & fax numbers including an instructional
details of where you would want us to wire funds into.As soon as we receive
this information, we shall commence documentations for the transfer.

we have agreed to give you 25% of the amount, while 5% will be set aside to
offset any expenses incurred during the transaction. And 70% will be for us
the officials, should you be willing to help. Please reply to:
samuel_kuffor001@yahoo.com


Awaiting your urgent response.

Sincerely Yours
Dr. Samuel Kuffor

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