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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: "DR FRANK NWACHUKWU" <drfrank99@msn.com>
Reply-To: drfank@walla.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:43:58 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONDS
FORMER GROUP DIRECTOR
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPERATION
ATTN;MANAGING DIRECTOR
DEAR SIR,
MY NAME IS DR FRANK NWACHUKWU .I AM THE FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM CO-OPERATIONS(NNPC) .I RESIDES IN THE NNPC
QUARTERS,VICTORIA GARDEN CITY, LAGOS,NIGERIA .
I CAME IN CONTACT WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN MY CAREFULL SEARCH FOR A
REPUTABLE AND RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER(A FRIEND AS WELL) THAT WILL ASSIST
AND HELP ME TRANSFER MY MONEY INTO YOUR COUNTRY AND THEREAFTER
WE DISCUSS THE INVESTMENT TO DO WITH THE MONEY AND THE LIKELY SHARE OF THE
PROCEEDS FROM THE INVESTMENT BY THE GRACE OF GOD .
HOWEVER,I HAVE FOUND YOU WORTHY OF THIS TRANSACTION AFTER MY CAREFULL
THOUGHT AS THE FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR,NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM
COOPERATIONS(NNPC),I OVERSAW THE MINING, REFINING, DISTRIBUTING,EXPORTATIONS
AND IMPORTATIONS OF THE NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL .
AS YOU ARE AWARE,NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN EIGHTY FIVE
PERCENT OF THE NIGERIAN REVENUE AS A RESULT OF BOOM IN THE NIGERIAN OIL
SECTOR ACCOMPANIED BY THE RISE IN THE GLOBAL OIL PRICE . I USED MY POSITION
TO ACCUMULATE US$75,950,000.00(SEVENTY FIVE MILLION,NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH I DEPOSITED WITH A BANK.
WITH REFERENCE TO THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN NIGERIA COUPLE WITH THE FACT THAT
MONEY OR INVESTMENT IS NOT SECURED IN NIGERIA, I HEREBY REQUEST YOUR HELP
AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME TRANSFER THIS US$75,950,000.00(SEVENTY FIVE
MILLION,NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR
COUNTRY SO THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND INVEST THE MONEY IN A LUCRATIVE
BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY .WE SHALL ALSO DISCUSS IN DETAILS HOW WE WILL
COMMIT OURSEVLES IN THE INVESTMENT AND THE LIKELY SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM
THE INVESTMENT . I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR
COUNTRY SO THAT WE BEGIN THE BUSINESS IN EARNEST.
MY FAMILY LAWYER;JUSTICE MUSTAPHA AKANBI WILL ALSO ASSIST US TO FACILATE THE
TRANSFER OF THIS US$75,950,000.00 INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.I WILL LIKE YOU TO
KEEP THIS INVESTMENT PROJECT CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL WE START IT IN EARNEST.I
WILL GIVE YOU A 20% GRATIFICATION AS SOON A THIS US$75,950,000.00 IS
TRANSFERED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.I WILL ALSO REFUND YOU ALL THE MONEY YOU
WILL SPEND IN THE COURSE OF TRANSFERING THIS US$75,950,000.00 INTO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT.
ON YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL,LET ME HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE KNOW THE NEXT
LINE OF ACTION AS REGARDS THIS INVESTMENT PROJECT .PLEASE CONTACT ME BY
EMAIL .MY TWO EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE SHOWN ABOVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU ON YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL.REMEMBER TO GIVE ME YOUR PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY FOR EASY COMMUNICATIONS.CONTACT ME BY EMAIL ON YOUR
RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL SO THAT WE DISCUSS MORE ABOUT OUR INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIP IN YOUR COUNTRY.
AS I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU , REMAIN BLESSED .
REGARDS
DR FRANK NWACHUKWU
FORMER GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPERATIONS
NIGERIA
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