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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: "adeyemi lekan" <engr_adeyemilekan2@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:05:46 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY.
FROM THE DESK OF ENGR.ADEYEMI LEKAN,
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ,
27/30, MARINA ROAD, 5TH FLOOR,
2ND LAYOUT , GARKI ABUJA.
EMAIL: engr_adeyemilekan2@msn.com
ALT.E-MAIL:engr_adeyemilekan2@yahoo.com
ATTN:
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP - TRANSFER OF US$25,500,000.00
I am ENGR.ADEYEMI LEKAN,a director in the budget and planning
department
of the Nigeria National petroleum Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven
man Tenders Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.
There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of
Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of the (NNPC) among which were;
(1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil
and down stream products distribution and subsequent evacuation of US$2
Billion.
( 2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries
in the country.
(3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)
-US$94 Million.
The original value of of these contracts were deliberately over
invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been
approved and now ready to be transferred.
However, the companies that actually executed the affore- mentioned
contracts have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the
over-invoiced
amount [US$25.5M] into your account for subsequent disbursement, since
we as
civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws)from opening and or operating foreign accounts in our
names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 20% of
the transferred sum, 10% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during the course of this transaction, you will then be mandated
to revert the balance to us in due course. You must however NOTE
that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions:
Our conviction of your transparent honesty and dilligence, that
you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality and
secrecy. Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of
the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Presidential
Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of the
funds within 21 working days subject to your satisfaction of
the above terms. Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk
free .
To accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed
with your name or any company you may nominate as the bona fide final
beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 20 years
in the Civil Service of my country, I am very much averse to having
my image and career dented. This matter should therefore be treated
with utmost secrecy and urgency.
We await your urgent reply ASAP.
Yours Sincerely,
Engr.Adeyemi Lekan.
ALT.E-MAIL:engr_adeyemilekan2@yahoo.com
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