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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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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • engineer_nasiru@rediffmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Alm bl541" <almbl451@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engineer_nasiru2@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:52:05 +0000
Subject: strictly for you my dear.


Dear Sir,

How are you and your family today? Hope fine.

My name is Egr Nasiru Mohamed, I work with Chevron Oil Exploration and Gas
Company. An American joint company with NNPC Nigeria.

In the exploring field at Excravos and Bonny where I am now, the south
south militant group has been treatening to blow the plant down because of
the political tension in the area and the recent arrest of their leader by
the government in power.

Recently, the group attacked and kidnaped some key staff of the
company, including some expatrates. It took the company, the state
government, and the village heads serious financial negotiations before they
were released.

I made some seriouse money in cash with some foreign Oil Merchants who
comes with their batches/ships to lift oil ilegally. They are called oil
bunkerers. They sport lift and pay cash in dollars.

Now I am sick and tired of constant treat by these militants group to
the company. I have some serious money I saved/kept in a vault. As an
expatrate, we are not allowed to operate a domicilary account in the banks
according to the banking policy of this country. The money I kept in a
nearby country.

At this point in time, I will need your kind gesture, if you could give me
your consent and cooperation for me to transfer this money I already kept in
a Vault. In doing this therefore, I will need your complete information to
enable me transfer the ownership to you directly. Recieve the money on my
behalve then we negotiate. In short I want to leave the job and this
country.

Please response to this request as soon as possible thruogh my
althernative email ;engineer_nasiru@rediffmail.com

Thanks and God Bless as I urgently await your reply.

Regards,

Engr Nasiru Mohamed

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