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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: "kolapeters kolapeters" <kolapeters1415@msn.com>
Reply-To: kolapeters@takemail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:37:52 +0000
Subject: Partnership Investment.
From:Kola Peters,
Lagos-Nigeria,
12/11/2005
Dear: Sir/Madam,
I guess this letter may come to you as a surprise since I had no previous
correspondence with you.
I am the chairman tender's board/contract award committee of the Independent
national electoral commission (INEC). I got your contact in the course of my
search for a reliable person with whom to handle a very confidential
transaction involving the transfer of fund valued at US$25Million to a safe
foreign account.
The above fund in question is not connected with arms, drugs or money
laundering. It is a product of over invoiced contract awarded in 2003 by
INEC to a foreign company for the supply of electoral materials that was
used for just concluded general elections in my country. The contract has
long been executed and payment of the actual contract amount made to the
foreign contractors, thereby living the balance of US$25Million in a dormant
account, which I now want to transfer out of Nigeria into a reliable foreign
account for my personal use.
As civil servants we do not have necessary foreign account machinery to
successfully handle this transaction. Therefore it becomes necessary to
source for a foreign company with the capability to act as the original
beneficiary of the contract. Fortunately, the president has endorsed the
resolution passed by the senate that all foreign contractors owed by the
Federal Government Nigeria be paid.
I therefore wish to seize this good opportunity to support you as one of the
beneficiaries to be paid. If you are interested in this proposal kindly get
back to me and send your letter of acceptance with your direct telephone,
fax numbers, contact address, Banking information where the fund will be
paid, but if you can not for any reason handle this transaction I should be
grateful if you can introduce it to a reliable and trustworthy person in
which case your interest will be properly taken care of.
Meanwhile, I have decided on the following sharing formula: 60% for me and
30% for you while the remaining 10% is being set aside for any expenses that
may be incurred on the side of both parties. Further details about this
transaction will be discussed in our subsequent correspondence.
This transaction is strictly confidential, 100% risk free and it is expected
to be concluded within 14 working days. All local contacts and arrangement
have been properly perfected for a smooth and successful conclusion of this
transaction.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Kola peters.
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