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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: "joseph williams" <josephwilliams01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: josephwilliams01@excite.com
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:18:22 +0000
Subject: FROM:Mr.Joseph Williams (NNPC)

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC),
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX ,
IKOYI - LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
OFFICE OF THE DRECTOR.
TEL:234-80-5475-1912.
16TH NOVEMBER,2005.


REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF
US$25,500,000.00.

==================================================

I am Mr.Joseph Williams , a director in the project 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 downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - 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
aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total
amount 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 15% of the
transferred sum, 5% 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
diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality
and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry
0f Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Presidential Task Force on
Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 - 14
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.

I would require the following for the purpose of the relese of this
fund into your account and also for processing:
1) Bankers Name/Address
2) Telephone and Fax Number of Bankers
3) Account Number
4) Name of Beneficiary/Company Name /Address.
5) Telephone and Fax No. of 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.

Kindly expedite immediate action as we are well behind schedule to
enable us include this transfer in the second batch of the 2005 fiscal year
contract payments.
MY DIRECT EMAIL:josephwilliams01@excite.com


Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Joseph WILLIAMS.

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