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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: "ERIC JONES OGOM" <eric_jones01@msn.com>
Reply-To: ericj_nnpc@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:20:17 +0000
Subject: BEST REGARDS PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT
FROM: MR, ERIC JONES OGOM
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUBE COOPERATION
(NNPC) NIGERIA,
RE: CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in this business
transaction which will take us only one month.
I am a member of contract awarding committee which I was the chairman.
A contract was awarded to foreign company for pipeline installation,
from Port-Harcourt to Warri refineries which was awarded in the year
2000,the contract was $28,000,000:00 (Twenty eight million United State
dollars)only,but been a contract awarding committee Chairman I and my
colleague over-inflated it to the tone of 35 million United State
Dollars, the work have been completed and the company have been paid by
Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation and they have gone, what is left now
is 7 million United State Dollars which was kept in one of the
Finance/Security Company set up by the Federal Government that is in
charge of paying foreign contractors.
I need your assistance to assist me conclude this golden opportunity
and to secure the fund into your possession, because being the
chairman, I cannot do it alone without the help of a foreigner who will
stand as the contractor who executed the job.
So furnish me with the following particulars for me to perfect the
remmittance of this fund to your posession.
1, YOUR FULL NAMES.
2, YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
3, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE/FAX NUMBERS.
Please you should keep the business very secret and confidential to
yourself, do not tell anybody even your wife or your children till the
money gets to your account, then I will join you in your country for a
meeting and subsequent, introduce me into a profitable business where I
will invest my own share of the fund.
I have set aside 100% to be shared between you, me and my colleagus.
we being the contract awarding committee will get 60%, you that is
assisting me will get 30% then 10% will be shared between both parties
for any expenses we may meet on the way during the transaction.
Please keep it very secret and confidential to yourself and also be
rest assured of a hitch free transaction because we have mapped out a smooth
modalities for the successful conclusion of this transaction so long you
adhere to our instuctions.
Awaiting your urgent response for us to proceed,please for more
security reason please better respond to this email address below:
eric_nnpc@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards
Mr Eric Jones Ogom
Contract Awarding
Committee,
NNPC.
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