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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: "Kings Abu" <kingsabu@msn.com>
Reply-To: kingsabu1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:57:28 +0000
Subject: Dear
Dr.Kingsley Abu
PLOT 1121,ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA STREET
VICTORIA ISLAND-LAGOS-NIGERIA,
Dear Friend,
BUSINESS PROPOSAL - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
I am Dr.Kingsley Abu. Chairman to the Contract Review Panel that was
recently inaugurated by the President of the Federal republic of Nigeria to
review the activities of past military government with particular reference
to contracts awarded by all ministries between 1990 to 1999. In the course
of carrying out our assigned duties, we discovered the sum of USD$30M(Thirty
million US Dollars)only lying idle in a suspense account with Apex bank.
This funds emanated from grossly over-invoiced contracts awarded to
conglomerate of foreign firms by the Petroleum Ministry on behalf of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. On completion of our assignment,
this amount was deliberately not included in our report because we want to
capitalize on this once in a lifetime opportunity to benefit and make a
fortune out of it.The only option we have to achieve our aims and objective
is to have this fund transferred to a country of our choice where it can be
kept in trust and safe custody for us. We are however handicapped at the
moment by our status civil servants, which barred us from operating foreign
accounts while still in government service. Thus,through some discreet
inquiries from our Chambers of Commerce, you and your organization were
revealed as being quite astute in private entrepreneurship.On this premise,
we have no doubt in your ability to handle a business of this nature, which
informed our desire and wish to enter into a partnership with you.
This business involves the remittance of this amount into your bank account
with the hope of traveling down to meet you physically in order to receive
our share. We hope to invest some in profitable ventures in your country
based on your advise while the balance will be repatriated home as foreign
earnings.We have mapped out strategies and all paperwork is in place to
ensure a 100% success. The nature of your business at present does not
really matter because in the world over,bigger firms do bid for big
contracts especially in third world countries like ours and can subcontract
part of it to other firms for execution.That is you or your firm will be
regarded as one of those that executed one of such projects and therefore
entitled to receive the over-invoiced amount of the contract value since the
original contractor has been paid.
Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free as there is actually
no risk is involved either now or in the future for we are well connected in
official circle. Given our level of commitment at the moment, we want to
assure you that with full dedication on your part, the objective of having
this fund remitted would have been realized within a period of two weeks.It
is hereby expressly agreed in principle that at the end of the
transaction,you will be entitledto 40% of the entire sum, 60% will be for my
colleagues and I If you are interested in this proposal, send me an e- mail
for more clarifications.If however you are not interested,still let me know
to enable me search for someone else to carry out this business with. I
anticipate a timely response from you.
Thanks. Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Kingsley Abu.
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