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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: Mr Fredrick Henry <fedrickh101@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS PROGRAMME
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTS
DEPT PETROLEUM TRUST FUND {PTF}
PLOT 34-48 JOHN .F. KENEDY OFF PTF
PRESIDENCIAL VILLA VICTORIA ISLAND
28/10/2005
Attn: I am Fredrick Henry of the accounts department of the petroleum
{special} trust fund {PTF} an institution established by the federal
government to manage the proceeds from the sale of petroleum products as well
as the application of the funds in contracts execution. My colleagues
and I are inclined to contact you in view of a high level business
{deal} that we want to strike with you, it is quite natural to be surprised
when some body you do not know contacts you especially when it comes to
a business of this type.
The choice of picking you for the deal is based on satisfactory
enquiries and reports that we gathered about your person, the source of our
information shall be disclosed to you in the course of this
transaction. The deal stems from an over-valued invoice of a contract. executed
in our institution P.T.F for the up-grading of facilities in our
refineries, The actual contract valued was USD$40.5 Million, but at the point of
approval, it was deliberately inflated to USD$60.8 Million, which was
approved as such, the contract has since been executed and the original
German contractor has been paid the actual contract value of USD$40.5
Million which is the only money due to him, The over-valued sum of
USD$20.3 Million still hanging in our system unclaimed.
This is the deal and this is where we want you to come in, as
appointees within the system, we have since perfected arrangement through
which the fund {USD$20.3 Million} can be transferred out.
How ever, the only way this can be done successfully is with the
collaboration of an oversea partner, it has to be so, since it is a foreign
denominated contract the destination of the fund must be an oversea
account and we the top officials of the institution are not permitted to
operate a foreign account so to avoid suspicion of any sort. Thus the
only condition under which the deal will be prosecuted is for it to be
kept in absolute secrecy and confidentiality. I hope that you will give us
this all-important guarantee otherwise there will be no need of
starting in the first place, But if the secrecy can be kept by you, then I’ll
require you to Provide us with the following information to enable us obtain the
necessary approvals and authorization for the transfer of the fund.
1. Your private telephone and fax number.
2. Your name in full.
3. Your occupation.
This will be used to facilitate the transaction. Since it is a deal, we
intend all the parties involved to have commensurate share of the fund
when it gets to your account. this our hope that it is something
That would be finally agreed upon as we get started for now we proposed
as follows;
1. We the officials 60%
2. Charity organization 15%
3. Account owner 25%
In conclusion, as we go on in the transaction you will also have to
advice us on the type of investment in your
Country, that we could put our own share into, as we do not intend to
bring back our own entire share to our country. Your early response will
be highly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Mr. Fredrick Henry.
Top federal Government Official
Petrolium Trust Fund (P.T.F).
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