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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: "KEVIN MCMURRAY" <kemcmurray@msn.com>
Reply-To: bar_k_mcmurray@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:47:43 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
RE:TRANSFER OF U$21,500.000{TWENTY ONE MILLION FIVEHUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS ONLY.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION(NNPC) SOMETIME AGO, ACONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO A FOREIGN FIRM IN
THE PTF BY MY COMMITTEE. THIS CONTRACT WAS OVER INVOICED TO THE TUNE OF
US$21.5M US DOLLARS. THIS WAS DONE DELIBRATELY. THE OVER- INVOICING WAS A
DEAL BY MY
COMMITTEE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT. WE NOW WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY
WHICH IS IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT WITH PTF INTO ANY OVERSEA ACCOUNT WHICH WE
EXPECT YOU TO PROVIDE FOR US.
SHARE:
60% WILL BE FOR MY PARTNERS AND ME. 30% OF THE MONEY WILL BE YOURS FOR
PROVIDING THE ACCOUNT WHERE WE SHALL REMIT THE MONEY. 10% HAS BEEN MAPPED
OUT FROM THE TOTAL SUM TO COVER ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY US
DURING THE
COURSE OF THIS TRANSFER, BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT SIMILAR TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT WITH
ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER, PRESIDENT OF CRANE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORP. OF
153 EAST 57TH
ST; 28TH FLOOR, NY10022, TELEPHONE: 212-3087788 AND TELEX:6731689. THE DEAL
WAS CONCLUDED AND ALL COVERING DOCUMENTS WERE FOWARDED TO MR. MILLER TO
AUTHENTICATE THE CLAIM. ONCE THE FUNDS WERE TRANSFERRED, MR. MILLER
PRESENTED HIS BANK WITH ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND REMITTED THE WHOLE FUNDS
TO ANOTHER BANK ACCOUNT AND DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. MY COLLEAGUES WERE
SHATTERED, SINCE SUCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY.
AT THIS JUNCTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
ASSISTING US IN THIS DEAL, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM
YOU,
WHICH WOULD ENABLE US MAKE FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE VARIOUS
MINISTRIES\PARASTATAL FOR THE RELEASE AND ONWARD TRANSFER OF THE MONEY TO
YOUR ACCOUNT.
THE INFORMATION WE REQUIRE ARE:
YOUR NAME, COMPANY`S NAME, ADDRESS , TELEFAX NUMBER. YOUR BANK NAME
,ADDRESS, TELEFAX NUMBER. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND BENEFICIARY NAME. WE
HAVE STRONG RELIABLE CONNECTIONS AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AND OTHER
GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS TO ASSIST US IN THE DEAL, AND WHEN IT IS
FINALLYCONCLUDED WE SHALL USE SAME CONTACTS TO WITHDRAW ALL DOCUMENTS USED
TO AVOID ANY TRACE TO YOU OR US.
IT MIGHT ALSO INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ORDINARY CIVIL SERVANTS WHO
DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE WANT THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED
BEFORE THE NEWLY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT STARTS PROBING THE
ACTIVITIES OF ALL PREVIOUS MILITARY GOVERNMENTS.
PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY ABOVE TEL\FAX NUMBER WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
INTRESTED IN THIS DEAL. IF YOU ARE NOT IT WILL ENABLE ME SCOUT FOR ANOTHER
FOREIGN
PARTNER TO ASSIST US. BUT IF YOU ARE INTRESTED PLEASE SEND THE REQUIRED
INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN SWING INTO ACTION, SINCE TIME IS NOT
ON OUR PART. I WAIT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR FULLEST CO-COPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
BAR. KEVIN MCMURRAY.
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