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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: "Mark Dave" <markdave11@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:53:07 +0000
Subject: good business
Dear friend
I am Mr. Davidson Mark a Personal Assistant to the Director of Finance of
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Delta State operating from
Lagos Liaison Office.
I want to seize this opportunity to inform you that the Obasanjo led
administration has established this organization to assist the Niger Delta
oil rich states in fostering development in their villages and towns in
areas of infrastructures such as electricity supply, construction of roads,
provision of bore holes and pipe born water, building of schools and health
centers etc.
This organization (NDDC) has successfully operated for two years now with so
many contracts awarded and executed, and payments effected The Director of
Finance has successfully moved the sum of fifteen Point Five Million United
States Dollars ($15.5M USD) only out of the country through Fidelity
Securities and Finance company to another security company abroad as fund
meant for payment of foreign contractors.
This security company abroad isresponsible for effecting payment to foreign
contractors. What we need from you, is to present yourself before the
security company as the bonafide contractor and claim the fund for
disbursement. Meanwhile, all the vital document(s) concerning the contract
and the fund will be forwarded to you as the transaction progresses.
For your collaboration and role in this transaction, you will be entitled to
32% of the total sum. Please do take this mail very seriously and not regard
it as one of those junks from Nigeria. This business is real and legal but
personal.
There is no risk involved but it has to be kept absolutely secret at all
times because of the governmental personalities involved.
This transaction is estimated to last not more than nine(9) working days
from the very day you indicate interest. If this business interests you, as
I know it will definitely do, and you want to assist us.
As the transaction progresses, I will forward to you my personal phone and
fax numbers for communication.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours truly,
Mr. Davidson Mark
please reply with this mail box bellow
(markdavidson121@yahoo.fr)
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