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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: "Bright Ihechukwu" <brightihe22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brightihe@hoshmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 07:16:38 +0100
Subject: Business

Dear Sir,
REF: INVESTMENT OF FIFTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I sincerely from my heart want to intimate you with this business deal which
will benefit all of us involved. I am MR. BRIGHT IHECHUKWU, personal
assistant to the Chairman of the Newly Crated Niger Delta Development
Commission. This commission was set up by the government to develop the
Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, which produces Oil for our country.

The commission in January this year awarded a contract to the tune of US$
105 Million to a foreign firm by name Brown Boverie France for Rural
Electrification. Further more, this contract awarded to Brown Boverie France
was over inflated to the tune of US$115 Million in order to accommodate our
interest in the contract, which we collectively awarded to Brown Boverie.

The foreign firm Brown Boverie France has finished the electrification
project in August this year and has been paid his contract sum of $105
Million US Dollars through the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, the balance
USD 10 Million which we negotiated for our self is now in the Niger Delta
Development Commission Deposit account with the Central Bank of Nigeria. For
now, we have completed all the necessary arrangement for the smooth transfer
of this US$ 10 Million and another Us$ 5 million from a similar source
totaling US$15,000,000.00 into a reliable bank account abroad.

We are requesting you to be our partner and provide us with a good and
reliable bank account details of yours where we can transfer these funds
into for our mutual use. I, my boss and other people involved have agreed
that 50% of this fund will be shared equally among all, while the remaining
50% will be invested in your country.

Please do understand that we are still eligible officers of the commission
and will require strict confidentiality in order not to jeopardize the
transaction and our position in the commission. Also we guarantee you that
the transaction is 100% risk free and will never put your person into any
problem with the law.

Please note: That all the due process will be followed as your company will
be registered as a contractor with the NDDC and the money will be
transferred to you as a contract payment. More details will be given to you
once you agree to work with us.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Bright Ihechukwu
PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN
NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
PHONE: 234 805 124 9113

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