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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: "FUI TSIKATA" <fuits1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fuitsikata@excite.com
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:13:44 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP NEEDED
FROM THE DESK OF HON.FUI TSIKATA
I46,AMADU BELLO WAY GARIKI,
ABUJA NIGERIA.
EMAIL: fuitsikata@excite.com
06-12-2005.
DEAR SIR/MA,
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE
TRANSFER OF US$20,000,000.00 (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).
I HOPE MY LETTER WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU SINCE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PREVIOUS
COMMUNICATION, THOUGH BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT TRUST AND OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE
YOU WILL READ THIS MAIL WITH ALL THE OBJECTIVITY IT DESERVES AND THEN REACT
ACCORDINGLY.
I, ON BEHALF OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM DIFFERENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA PARASTATALS DECIDED TO SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS THE
TRANSFER OF THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
THIS FUND AROSE FROM THE OVER-INVOICING OF VARIOUS CONTRACTS AWARDED IN MY
PARASTATAL TO CERTAIN FOREIGN CONTRACTORS SOMETIME AGO. WE AS HOLDERS OF
OFFICIAL POSITIONS IN OUR VARIOUS PARASTATALS, WERE MANDATED BY THIS NEW
CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT TO SCRUTINIZE ALL PAYMENTS MADE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN
CONTRACTORS BY THE PAST MILITARY GOVERNMENT, AND WE DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF
THE CONTRACTS THEY EXECUTED WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED, EITHER BY OMISSION
OR COMMISSION. ALSO, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE SUM OF $25,000,000.00
(TWENTY-FIVE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY) WAS LYING IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT,
ALTHOUGH THE FOREIGN CONTRACTORS WERE FULLY PAID THEIR ENTITLEMENTS AFTER
EXECUTING THE SAID CONTRACTS.
WE ALL AGREED THAT THE OVER-INVOICED AMOUNT BE TRANSFERRED (FOR OUR OWN USE)
INTO A BANK ACCOUNT PROVIDED BY A FOREIGN PARTNER, AS THE CODE OF CONDUCT OF
THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN TRANSFERRING SOME OF THIS MONEY, PRECISELY
US$5.0M (FIVE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT IN
GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) LAST MONTH. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROVIDER OF THE ACCOUNT
HAS SEVERED ALL FORMS OF CONTACTS WITH
US AS HE HAS REFUSED TO ADHERE TO OUR EARLIER MUTUAL AGREEMENT INSISTING
THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT BE PAID INTO HIS NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT BEFORE
DISBURSEMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT. IF FOR US$5.0MILLION (FIVE MILLION ONLY) WE
ARE NOT COMPENSATED, HOW CAN ONE GUARANTEE FULL COMPENSATION ON REMITTANCE
OF THE BALANCE OF US$20 MILLION TWENTY MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY) WE ARE
THEREFORE, SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE BASED ON THE BALANCE AMOUNT OF US$20
MILLION, WHICH CAN BE SPEEDILY PROCESSED AND FULLY REMITTED, INTO YOUR
NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT. ON SUCCESSFUL REMITTANCE OF THE FUND INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 25% OF THE AMOUNT FOR ASSISTANCE AND
SERVICES AND 5% SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES ON CONTINGENCY.THIS TRANSACTION IS
CLOSELY KNITTED AND IN VIEW OF OUR SENSITIVE POSITIONS WE CAN NOT AFFORD
ASLIP. WE WILL AVAIL YOU OF OUR IDENTITIES AS REGARDS OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICES
WHEN RELATIONSHIP IS FULLY ESTABLISHED AND SMOOTH OPERATION COMMENCES.
I AM AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTION(S) FROM YOU IN RESPECT OF
THIS TRANSACTION. YOU CAN REACH ME THROUGH THE ABOVE EMAIL FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE.
PLEASE, NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION NEED TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTAL, AS THE
PERSONALITY INVOLVE ARE STILL ON SERVICE.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
HON.FUI TSIKATA.
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