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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: "Johnson Awele" <johnsonawele@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: awelejohnson2002@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:32:05 -0900
Subject: ENGR AWELE JOHNSON
FROM THE DESK OF:
ENGR AWELE JOHNSON.
Group Managing director (NNPC)
EMAIL.awelejohnson2002@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
My name is ENGR JOHNSON AWELE, Group Managing director of the Contract
Tender Board Committee of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC),Lagos. After due consultation with other members of the Committee, I
have been mandated to arrange and negotiate for a trusted foreign firm or
individual account overseas for a possible transfer of some fund being an
over invoiced sum resulting from various contracts executed by foreign
companies for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
NATURE OF CONTRACT:
1. Supply of B.P.S.D chemical, erection and system opptimization of super
polypro for Warri Refinery.
2.supply of capacity turbine flow axle, and computerized conveyor for plant
A-D Warri Refinery.
3. Activation of axle turbine pipes flow plants and liters flow for Kaduna
Refinery.
OBJECTIVES:
It should be noted that original value of these contracts were purposely
over invoiced by my committee (the Contract Tender Board Committee) with the
sum of Ten million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Million
ollars$10.5M).Now, all firms involved in this contract have been paid
accordingly and the project commissioned.As a result, we want to transfer
this inflated sum to a trusted Oversea Partner as the true beneficiary,
through the Central Bank of Nigeria as we Civil Servants Nigeria are not
allowed to operate foreign Account.
BENEFIT:
We have agreed to give you 25% of the amount, while 10% will be set aside to
offset any expenses incurred during the transaction. 65% will be for my
colleagues and I.
REQUIREMENT:
All modalities have efficiently and confidentially been worked out with the
top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of
Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this fund into your Account within
the shortest possible time of receiving the following information from you:
THE NAME OF YOUR
BANK.....................................................................................
ITS ADDRESS
............................................................................................................
TEL/FAX
NUMBERS..................................................................................................
THE ACCOUNT NUMBER
.......................................................................................
THE BENEFICIARY'S
NAME....................................................................................
YOUR PRIVATE TEL/FAX
NUMBERS.....................................................................
HOUSE ADDRESS
....................................................................................................
On receipt of this information, all arrangements shall be perfected here for
a successful and hitch-free transfer of this fund to your Account. Utmost
confidentiality and trust is highly needed.All your replies should be
strictly on my
direct e-mail address (awelejohnson2002@yahoo.com).
This transaction is 100% risk free and does not depend on any specific field
of trade. Reach me on the above email if you are interested in my proposal.
Best Regards,
ENGR AWELE JOHNSON
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR OF (NNPC)
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