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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <infocbn@compaqnet.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: soludocc@compaqnet.fr
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:31:55 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY.




CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.
CABLES CENBANK
TELEGRAM: CENBANK
29/11/2005

>From the desk of: Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo,
Executive Governor, C.B.N.

Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR INHERITANCE FILE.
This is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds has been
gazette to be released, via key telex transfer (KTT) -direct wire
transfer to you or through our London office by the senate committee for foreign over due fund transfer.Meanwhile, Gail Ann Peters came to my office few days ago with a
letter, claiming to be your true representative. Here are his
information's:

Account Name: Gail Peters
Bank Name: Commerce Bank
Bank Address: Prospect Park, 210-212 Prospect Park SW Brooklyn, NY
11218 , U.S.A.
Bank Telephone: (718) 437-1467
Account No: 7919973953
Routing Number: 026013673

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if Gail Ann Peters is from you so that the federal government will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account name. If Gail Ann Peters is not your representative you are requested to fill and send this information's for verifications purposes so that your fund valid US$2.6M dollars will be remitted into your nominated bank account information. This fund is as a result of inheritance on your behalf.
1. Your name:
2. Your full address:
3. Your telephone:
4. Fax:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Your occupation:
8. Your valid account details (bank name, bank address, routing #,
account # and account name:
As soon as we receive this, we will commence with all necessary
procedures in other to remit this money into your account.
The central bank governor, executive, board of directors and the senate committee for foreign over due inheritance fund have approved and accredited this reputable bank with the office of the director,
international remittance / foreign operations, to handle and transfer all foreign inheritance funds this second quarter payment of the year. However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Gail Ann Peters, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today.
We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of this
fund must have caused you. Please all reply should go to my direct
email address soludocc@compaqnet.fr

Best regards,
Yours Faithfully,
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Executive Governor (CBN)
Telephone: + 234-802-660-9742
Fax line: +234-1-7596947.
Email: soludocc@compaqnet.fr

Cc: All Foreign Inheritance Funds
Cc: Senate President
Cc: Board of Directors [FPD]
Cc: Accountant General of Nigeria
Cc: Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Your Kindest Attention.

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