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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: "PATRICK ATTAH" <patrickattah702@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:00:34 +0000
Subject: YOUR PART PAYMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FACT FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES
TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA
MOBILE:234-802-4589662
E-mail: revpatrick.attah@personal.ro
ATTN: HONOREBLE CONTRACTOR,
DATE: 19/11/2005
I am Rev. Patrick Attah a senior staff with the central bank of Nigeria
(CBN). In the nutshell I and two of my department staffs noticed some
irregularities in your payment file,we found out within our computer
networks that you had not received your last phase instalmental payment due
to the people you called your partners and purpported sister company here in
nigeria. There’s two security proof boxes inside our bank vault
section in the central bank ,In furtherance I asked the officer in charge
of the section to be involved in this transaction and after he will
receive a
compensation from you.and we know that according to information gathered
from the bank
computer that you had been waiting for a long time to receive your contract
payment without success. And now as I have found out that you have almost
met all the statutory requirements in respect of your payment but because of
little miscalculation and interest group in the computer
section every payment were pending but we can arange to pay to you a part
payment Now as I have known the delay I assured to help send the two boxes
which it’s contents were physical cash of $10 Million U.S.A. Dollars
to your designated Address if you agree to compensate I and my colleagues
with $500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand U.S.A. Dollars only, when the
transaction is concluded effectively. You are required to write a promissory
note on that regards and send it to me along with your private address where
you want to receive the boxes.
In addition, I will send the boxes to you through international courier
service which my diplomat friend disclosed to me as the best courier
company. The courier company has diplomatic immunity to carry diplomatic
cargoes. The company are not check by the customs anywhere in the world. The
name is noble diplomatic security courier service (NDSCS). I will meet them
as soon as I have your go ahead order to send you the $10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million U.S.A. Dollars) cash via courier service. The diplomat friend
promised to help us secure the necessary papers required to avoid any
problem. Now for security reasons do not disclose to anybody about this
method of payment until you receive cash at your door step, because it may
cause a lot of eyebrows if it is discovered we use this method.
Squel to my saying I will send you the keys to open the boxes both the outer
and inner security code lock through another courier company, this is to
avoid tempering in any transit Airport. I wait your imediate response.
Yours faithfully,
Rev Patrick Attah
Director ( Fact Finding And Special Duties CBN )
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