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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: "Raymond Dickson" <raymond@raymonddickson.org>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:50:11 +0000
Subject: call me or email me immediately
From: Raymond Dickson
Director, Project implementations,
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
Bayelsa State.
Nigeria.
Directel: +234-802 443 2150
Dear Friend,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of myself
and my colleagues. Your particulars were given to me by a member of the
Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (N.I.P.C) who was at the Federal
Government Delegation to your country during a trade exhibition. I have
decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the
deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will
keep it as a secret because of the nature of this business.
Within the NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)(the Crude Oil
Management Commission set up by the present Government to develop the
Niger Delta Region of Nigeria), where I work as a Director, Projects
Implementation and with the co-operation two other top officials, we have in
our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fifty Million, U.S Dollars
(US$50,000,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with your assistance and
cooperation as the foreign company and/or individual to receive the said
fund on our behalf. The amount represented some percentages of the total
contract value executed on behalf of the Commission by a foreign contracting
firm, which we the officers over-invoiced. We have in principles gotten
approval to remit by Key Telegraphic Transfer (T.T.) or by direct cash call
through a
correspondence bank n Europe or America, upon submissions of application for
claims, to any foreign bank account you will provide.
Since the present Civilian Government of Nigeria is determined to pay
every foreign contractor all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship
with Foreign Governments and non-Government Financial Agencies, we have
decided to include our bill for payment with the co-operation of some
officials. This we can do by swapping of account and changing of beneficiary
and other forms of documentation upon application for claim to reflect the
payment and approvals to be secured on behalf of any company name and
account your will provide, you also be required to act as the original
contractor that actually executed the contract. This processes being
internal arrangement with the departments concerned.
We however do not expect you to act like; Mr. Steve Davison of 104
Mimosa Avenue, Linden, Alabama, who accepted to assist us in 2000, and
ran away with our US$35Million after the funds was successfully transferred
in to his account, and uptil date we are unable to trace him and this time
we do not want any form of distrust.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
30% of the US$50Million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me.
I am awaiting your anticipated co-operation.
Yours' faithfully
Mr. Raymond Dickson
Project Implementation (NDDC)
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