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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: "JAMES WAN" <jameswan_001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jameswan001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:12:19 -0900
Subject: Contract Fund

FORM: Mr. James Wan



Tele: 234-80-62508843

(Chairman Foreign Payment Unit)


ATTN :SIR



Contract Fund with Federal Government of Nigeria.



This is to inform you that the Presidency has stepped into the payment of
your contract funds with the Federal Government of Nigeria due to the
complain you contractor&#8217;s make to United Nation and World Bank to
sanction Nigeria Government not to have any other business relationship with
any country till we settle all our outstanding debts our to you foreign
contractor&#8217;s. A meeting was hold at Abuja regards to this sanction
from the UN and World Bank for the settlement of this debts own to you
contractor&#8217;s, I wish to inform you that an International Certified
Bank Draft worth of US$10Million has been raised in your favour as your name
appear in our computer with some other vital documents that will help you
cash the draft

In your country without problem and the balance will be paid to you in known
distance time.



You are to come down here in Nigeria for the collection of this
Draft/Documents but alternatively if you can not make the trip here in
Nigeria for the collection of this Draft/Documents here in Nigeria with a
genuine reason you are to pay the US$365.00(Three Hundred And Sixty Five
United States Dollars Only) for the Issuance Fee and DHL Fee of dispatching
to you be inform to contact only this Office Foreign Payment Unit Mr. James
Wan

for the collection of this US$10.000.000.00 in your returning fax to this
office reconfirm your phone and fax number contractor number.



Note that your corporation towards this matter will help us a lot in
regaining back our position with the UN and be advise to stop any other
further contact with any office that is previously handling your payment
they are not in position again to effect your fund in other not to
jeopardize your effort of rec, Mr. James Wan Chairman Foreign Payment Unit.



Eiving this funds even your local representatives here in Nigeria and
attorney they done harm then good every day in your contract file regards to
change of account not given by you contractor&#8217;s.Understand that if you
are cut by the Nigerian Telecommunication Monitoring Unit (NTMU) that you
are contacting another office apart from this mention office you are to pay
a fine of US$20.000.00 for not adhering to our instruction is not our wish
to have your funds delayed a word is enough for a wise.



Best regards



Mr. James Wan
(Chairman Foreign Payment Unit)


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