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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: "Paul Dalton" <pauldalton70@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:08:17 +0000
Subject: Good News!!
Attn:
Sir/Madam
How are you today even as I hope that this mail finds you in good health? I
am quite sure that this short memo/mail would certainly surprise/embarrass
you since we have not had any previous correspondence with each other
before. However, I got your contact through the world wide web (internet)
when I was on a desperate search for someone who could handle a transaction
for our mutual benefit.
My name are Mr. Paul Dalton and my contact e-mail address is as stated
thus; (pauldalton01@yahoo.com) . I am an accountant with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. One of our contractors (Engr. Owen )
lost his life shortly after servicing a project for the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the Warri and PortHarcourt Refinery. The
contractor left the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria for his
residential home to produce certain documents required of him for the
clearing of his funds, which was due for payment. Unfortunately he could not
come back for the clearance, having met his sudden death on that trip. Engr.
Owen and his entire family (his wife and three kids) lost their life in the
fire that gulped their residential home during an inter-tribal communal
clash between two rebels/militants group in Port Harcourt (Rivers-State).
The rebels/militants who stormed the neighborhoods by midnight, left traces
of woe, pain, and anguish, by killing of innocent souls through sporadic
gunshots, explosion of dynamites and setting many residential homes ablaze.
It is quite unfortunate that the contractor and his entire family did not
live to enjoy the fruit of their labor, having lost their lives to that
deadly catastrophe. The amount in question is US$35,000,000.00 (Thirty-Five
Million United States Dollars Only). Presently, this has accrued an interest
up to the tone of US$2,000,000.00.
Having made several fruitless attempts to locate any of his extended family
relatives through their embassy (since his wife and kids who should have
been the beneficiary of the funds were not spared in that deadly incident),
I have now perfected means of successfully claiming this funds. However, I
can only succeed on this if I could present a foreigner whom I must present
to the Contract Payment office as the only surviving relation of late
Engineer Owen . I have to execute this deal because the government would
confiscate this funds if it is not claimed within the next six months. It
does not make any business sense allowing this funds to be confiscated or
secretly siphoned by Contract Payment officials. It is unreasonable to allow
opportunity to slip through me while many people are out there suffering
various degrees of untold hardship. I here-by seek your cooperation to have
you stand as an extended relative (next-of-kin) to the late contractor so
that the fund will be paid to you. As a matter of business, I would want us
to claim this money and donate a substantial part of it to Charity, while
the rest will be equally shared between the both of us. I know how best to
achieve this goal without leaving any traces, and I guarantee that this
transaction is 100% risk free because I have all the contract documents
needed to back up this claim. These document shall be forwarded to you upon
your full acceptance to execute this deal with me. Upon your response I will
also show you other proves that confirms the legitimacy of this transaction
and these proves will explain my reasons for assuring you that the deal is
RISK FREE. This deal can be concluded within 5 banking days and it is an
opportunity of a life’s time which no one can afford to loose.
Thanks as I wait in anticipation for your positive response through my above
email. But please accept my sincere apology if this proposal should offend
you as a result of your moral or religious status. I simply believe that
this funds should be retrieved and used in helping out many in the third
world countries who are languishing in poverty and hunger.
I expect your urgent response indicating your full interest in this great
business to our both mutual
trust.
Your telephone and fax number will be needed for our easy communication.
Regards,
MR. Paul Dalton
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