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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: "williams edeki" <williams_edeki@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williams_edeki@sify.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:43:03 +0000
Subject: AWAITS YOUR RESPONDS

FROM THE DESK OF DR.WILLIAMS EDEKI
DIRECTOR, FUNDS CO-ORDINATOR
FINANCE/CONTRACT DEPARTMENT OF
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (N.N.PC).
V/ISLAND, LAGOS,
NIGERIA.

Dear Friend,


I am the Director, Funds Coordinator of the Finance/Contract Department of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).My office is also saddled
with the responsibility of screening, categorization and prioritization of
projects embarked upon by NNPC as well as feasibility studies for selected
projects and supervising the projects consultants involved. A breakdown of
the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of the fourth fiscal
quarter of 2004 indicates that the NNPC paid out a whooping sum of US$736M
(Seven Hundred and Thirty Six Million, United States Dollars) to successful
contract beneficiaries. The NNPC is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid
at the second fiscal quarter of 2005. The crux of this letter is that the
finance/contract department of the NNPC deliberately over-inflated the
contract value of the various contracts awarded. In the course of
disbursement, this department has been able to track down the sum of
US$40.5M (Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) as the
over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and floating in the NNPC
domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I and my
colleagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominate foreign
account for possible investment abroad.

We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any Foreign
account because of our status as civil/public servants. Hence the need to
solicit for your full Banking details to enable us Transfer this money into
your account on Swift Code. We have also evolved a sharing formula as
follows:-
(1)30% for the foreign account owner (2) 60% for l and my colleagues
(3)10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and
internationally during the course of this transaction. Furthermore, we shall
be coming over to your country when the money is finally in your account and
we shall be relying on your advice as regards to investment of our share. Be
informed that, this business is genuine and 100% safe considering the high
powered government officials involved.

Send by Email attached the following information:-
(1)YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS.
(2)YOUR TELEPHONEAND FAX NUMBER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

This is to affect the Swift Transfer of this fund into your account in
less than Seven (7) working days.
Please reply immediately through my email address;

While looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you

Sincerely,

DR.WILLIAMS EDEKI

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