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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: "edward okara" <edwardokara1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edwardokara@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 03:27:49 -0900
Subject: Your Attention!
Hello'
It is my pleasure to contact you for assistance and business co-operation. I
know the content of this letter might be surprising to you. But I assure you
that every word of it is true. Even though we hardly know each other I
believe you can help me. I am MR Edward, The Head of a special task force in
charge of the sales of petroleum products in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
in West Africa. My office monitors the sales and lifting of crude oil and
petroleum product by foreign dealers. With the cooperation of my assistant
and head of the audit committee attached to the task force,I have
successfully saved about $12 million US Dollars. This money is as a result
of allocation of excess crude oil to the foreign dealers, which has been
sold but which money is not entered in the financial statement of my task
force. This money is now lying unclaimed in the account of the task force,
known only to my partners and me involved in the excess allocation. However,
the legislators of the new democratic government of my country have set up a
panel to look into the past activities of some government companies and
parastatals. We do not want the panel to discover the money we saved. We
cannot lodge this money into our private bank account. In my country, public
servants are not permitted to operate any account in excess of $500,000 U. S
Dollars. Now the idea is to have a foreign partner whom the sum will be
transferred to. We have concluded arrangement to transfer this money to your
private bank account if you permit us to use it. All you have to do is to
send me your private address, phone and fax lines and banking particulars I
will send you the details of the transfer and necessary document as soon as
you provide them. If you can assist us transfer this money out before the
panel starts work, we will give 30% of the amount for your assistance needed
in this transaction. You will keep the remaining sum for us pending our
arrival to your country. We intend to invest 50% of the sum in business with
your knowledge and past experience, your advice will be highly needed for
the investment. We would want to know the lucrative business areas in your
country we can invest on with the 50% of the sum. Don't worry about any
thing in this business. I assure it is safe and no risk is involved. No
other party is aware of the sum from the excess allocation except my partner
and me. However, this transaction should be secret and confidential. We
awaits your reply on your participation, so that we can contact another
person. Time is of great essence to us. For any further information reach me
immediately.
Regards
MR. Edward Okara
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