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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: "Mark William" <mark_williams29@msn.com>
Reply-To: markwilliam29@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:11:30 +0000
Subject: BUSSINESS OFFFER
Dear Friend,
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you don't know or ever seen before.
As you may want to know and make you less curious, I got your address
from a reputable Large chamber of commerce and industry and I am the
executive chairman of the contract Award committee of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).This transaction is very much
free from all sort of risk hence this business was carefully planned
before it was successfully executed and we the NNPC officials involved
in this deal have put in many years of meritorious service to our
ministry.
We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of
US$15,000,000 (fifteen million United States dollars ) into his or her
Account. This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contract
awarded by us under the budget allocation to my ministry and the bill
was approved for payment by the concerned ministries.
The contract was executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid
his actual cost of contract.The US$15,000.000 (fifteen million United
States dollars}is the over-invoiced Amount which we have deliberately
over estimated for our own use, but under our protocol division,
civil servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign bank account.
This is why am contacting you for assistance.
We have agreed to share the money as follows.
1. 25% for you account owner)
2. 70% for us,
3. 5% for tax, as may be required by your Government.
We have been excercising patience for this opportunity for so long
and formost of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to
miss.
To get this fund into your account, we have to present an
international business outfit and consequent upon indication of your
interest to fully assist us in this transaction. You are advised to
furnish us with the following.
1) Your bankers name and address, telephone, fax and telex numbers.
This information will enable us seek approval of the fund from the
concerned quarters within three to four banking days and the Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) payment information data will
be faxedimmediately to you for completion. One of my colleagues and I
involved in this deal will come to your country to arrange for our
share upon confirmation from you that the money has been transfered to
your nominated bank account .
All these will only take us about fourteen working days to transfer
this fund into your account from the day we receive the requirement.
Your line of business in this transaction does not matter. Honesty
and your ability to keep it secret and keep our own share safe when
themoney is transfered into your account, is what matters.
Best regards,
Engr. Mark Williams
Chairman Contract Award Committee, Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation
(N.N.P.C}.
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