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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: "Sam Thompson" <sam_thompson008@msn.com>
Reply-To: sam_thompson008@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:23:53 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY,
FROM :THE DESK OF SAM THOMPSON
CONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC)
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
TEL: PHONE:234-803-3162088.
GOOD DAY,
REQUEST FOR AN URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE
TRANSFER OF US$22.500,00 (TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
U.S DOLLARS ONLY).
I fervently pray that this letter soliciting for your kind assistance will
not cause any embarrassment to
you. I am aware that we have never seen each other before, neither have we
exchanged any form of formal contact or correspondence . I am also,equally
aware that this world is full of dishonest people but I sincerely hope that
my humble letter will touch your kind heart to assist and give me the
opportunity of being future inseparable.
I, on behalf of my colleague in the office (NNPC) have decided to solicit
your assistante as regards the transfer of the above stated amount into your
bank account. This fund arose from the over-invoicing of various contracts
awarded in my ministry to certain foreign contractors sometime ago.
We as the holders in our various parastatals, where mandated by this
civilian government to scrutinize all payments made to certain foreign
contractors, and we discovered that some of these contracts they executed
were grossly over-invoiced, either by omission or commission. Also, we
discovered that the sum of $22.500,00. (twenty two million five houndred
thousand US Dollars only) was lying in a suspense account, although the
foreign contractors were fully paid their entitlements after executing the
said contracts.
We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount will be transferred aside the
country(for our own use) into a bank account provided by a foreign partner,
as a code of conduct of the Federal civil service does not allow us to
operate with any foreign account. We are therefore seeking for your
assistance based on the agreement been made within our self's. the documents
of this transaction will be speedily processed for immediate remittance of
this over-invoice fund into your bank account.
On successful remittance of the fund into your account, you will be
compensated with 25% of the total amount for assistance and 5% is already
set aside for expenses on the process of this transaction while 70% is for
me and my colleague.
This transaction is closely knitted and in view of our SENSITIVE POSITION we
cannot afford a slip, I
assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free. We will avail you with
our identities as regards our
respective offices when relationship is fully established and smooth
operation commences. I am at
your disposition to entertain any question(s) from you in respect of this
transaction, so, contact me
immediately through my privat e-mail above or telephone numbers for further
information on the
requirements and procedure.
Please, note that this DEAL needs utmost confidentiality.
Yours faithfully,
Sam Thompson
Contract Award Chairman (NNPC)
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