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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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From: ade johnson <adejohnson@mail.ru>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:01:22 +0400
Subject: NICE TO MEET YOU
FROM THE OFFICE OF DR.ADE JOHNSON ,B.SC [UNGN] MNIM,MICA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT ,FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING(FMWH)
MEMO; STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
E-MAIL;adejohnson2005@zwallet.com
Dear Friend,
Iam Dr.Ade Johnson, the Principal accountant of FEDRAL
MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING(FMWH)
by that virtue a Director in the [FMWH]. I got yourcontact address from an associate working with the Benin export promotion council and i have decided to
propose to you this business in strict confidence.
PURPOSE; On behalf of my colleaques,who are ministerial
officials and other officers in charge of offshore remittance in this corporation, are seeking your
assistance for the transfer of Ten million, United state dollars [US$10,000,000.00] into your account for further private investnent purpose .
Hence our request for your assistance.
SOURCE OF FUND; This amount to be transferred into
your account accrued from over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of housing estates in BENIN REPUBLIC [Northern Region]in 2001 to an expatriate company.
The contract which was originally valued for one
hundred million,United states Dollars[US$100,000,000.00] was over-invoiced to read one
hundred and ten million ,United states dollars[US$110,000,000.00]. The extra US$10,000,000.00 is what we want to transfer to your account .
This contract has been completely executed and the original
contractors had been paid all their contract bills,remaining this over-invoiced balance.
REQIREMENT; What we expect from you by e-mail during your positive reply are as follows
[a] Name and Address of your bank
[b] your bank account number where the fund will be
lodged.OR YOU CAN OPEN ANY A NEW ACCOUNT FOR
THIS TRANSACTION [c] Beneficiary's Name and your Telephone and fax.
DISBUSEMENT; We have resolved that you as the account owner will earn 30%. of the total amount since it is impossible for us to claim this over-invoiced amount here in BENIN REPUBLIC without a foreign assitance who will stand as the contractor that executed the contract, while 60% is for me and my colleaques for
our investment and 10% has been mapped out for any
expenditure that may occur during the course of this transaction.
SECURITY; All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of this fund have been worked out,so this transation is 100%RISK FREE. Though,you
are rquired to treat this business with the strictest confidence.
I await your immediate response through my e-mail:adejohnson2005@zwallet.com
for easy correspondence. I will highly appreciate it if you treat this business with strict
confidence it demands for security reasons. It might surprise you ,why we have choosen you and trusted you for this transation , we believe that good people can be discovered and business like this cannot be realised without trust. This is why we have decided
to trust you for this transaction. We are looking forward to doing this business with you . Be further informed that your interest and security has been considered , so be rest assured feel free to go into this transaction with us, but let honesty and trust be our watchword
through out the process of this transaction and your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.
GOD BLESS.
BEST REGARD,
ADE JOHNSON
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