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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: "Fred Johnson" <barristerfred_johnson@msn.com>
Reply-To: lawyerfred_johnson@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:56:47 +0000
Subject: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION
FALOMO OFFICE
COMPLEX IKOYI
LAGOS STATE

Hello Dear

I fervently pray that this letter soliciting for your kind assistance
will
not cause any embarrassment to you. I am aware that we have never seen
each
other before, neither have we exchanged any form of formal contact or
correspondence before. I am also, aware that this world is full of
dishonest
people but I sincerely hope that my humble letter will touch your kind
heart
to assist us and give us the opportunity of being future inseparable.

Your particulars were given to me by a member of the Nigerian Export
Promotion Council (NEPC) who was a member of 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
top
secret because of the nature of this business.

Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I work as a
Director,Project Implementation and with the co-operation of four other
top
officials,we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling
[US$15,000,000.00] which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance
and
co-operation of a foreign company (individual)to receive the
15.Million on
our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such
fund.

The amount represented some percentage of the total contract value
executed
on behalf of my ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials over-invoiced. Though the actual contract cost have been paid
to
the original contractor, leaving the balance in tune of 15.Million
Dollars,
which we have in principles gotten the approval to remit, by
Telegraphic
Transfer (TT) to a foreign account, which you will provide.

These funds were gotten from our deliberate over-invoicing of the
contract
awarded to GOLDLUCK INCORPORATED of Nevada U.S.A. for the supply of
250,000Monax Turbine polypropylene plant and 15,000 BPSD for the
Port-Harcourt Refinery Pipeline Reconstruction and computer
Optimization for
"A to D" AT Port- Harcourt Since the present government of Nigeria is
determined to pay every foreign contractor all debt owed so as to
maintain
good relati! onship with foreign government and non-governmental
financial
agencies we have decided to include our bills for approval with the
co-operation of some officials from the federation ministry of finance
(F.M.F.) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N.). We are seeking your
assistance in providing a good companys account or any other offshore
bank
account into which we can remit this money by acting as our main
partner and
trustee or acting as the original contractor. This we can do by
registering
your company with my parastatal the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation
(NNPC) Incorporate it with the corporate affairs commission and we will
pay
the taxes for the company for the past three years to seem as if the
company
has been in existence for that long. Note all the documents will be
backdated.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be
willing to assist us in the transaction your share will be 30% of the
US$15.Million, 60% for us (Officials) and the remaining 10% for
taxation and
miscellaneous expenses incurred in the course of the transfer.

This transaction is 100% safe, drug or money laundry free. On your part
you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality it deserves. Also your
area
of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of
this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will
not
disappoint me.

Kinldy reply back if you are interested with below information.

FULL NAMES.......
MAILLING ADDRESS............
SEX............
AGE............
OCCUPATION............
MARITAL STATUS.............
NATIONALITY..............
PHONE/FAX..............

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,
REV(Barrister) FRED JOHNSON
(Member of the Order of the Niger)
email me on my alternative email address: lawyerfred_johnson@yahoo.com

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