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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 Ken Collins" <magtrust2003@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:59:38 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU

Dear Friend,
With reference to an introduction and recommendation made of your
esteemed
firm by out suppliers, I do hereby wish to commence talk with you on a
highly confidential level.
I am the chief accountant and also the member of contract awarding
committee
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. After due consultation
with
my colleagues of the committee, the Federal Ministry of Finance , I am
duly
mandated to arrange with you for the possible transfer of thrity nine
million U.S. dollars (US$39M only) which represents an over estimated
sum
resulting from various contracts executed by some famous firms for my
ministry.
I would appreciate so much if you will provide account into which the
aforementioned sum will be lodged. All modalities of facilities the
transfer
to remittance have fully worked out with the Federal Ministry of
Finance and
National Apex Bank. The arrangement among other things spells out that
the
amount in question will be put into the account within 21 working days.
It will also please you to note that for your involvement in the
business,
we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total, 70% will be for those of
us in
Nigeria while the remaining 10% is set aside for defrayal of any
expenses
that may be incurred locally and internationally in course of the
transfer.
If the above proposal interests you, please forward the following
particulars immediately for prompt action. They are:
(1) FULL NAME
(2) YOUR PHONE & FAX NUMBER
(3) FULL HOME CONTACT ADDRESS
(4) WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING
The above arrangement will make for the maximum confidentiality as the
nature of the business demands. Against the foregoing background, I
wish to
draw your attention to the fact that we have put in greater number of
years
civil service of the country and would not want our last years to dent
out
reputation, therefore maturity and topmost secrecy should be our watch
word
in keeping with this deal.

Yours faithfully,
Eng. KEN COLLINS

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