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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: "central bank" <cbn_lung_ng@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:44:34 +0000
Subject: FUNDS TRANSFER IRREGULARITY ALERT / ASSISTANCE
Dear Beneficiary,
FUNDS TRANSFER IRREGULARITY ALERT / ASSISTANCE
This is to inform you that we are contacting you with respect to
irregularities detected in the processing of the transfer of funds you
are expecting
from Nigeria. As you may know, there is a new financial law stipulating
that
every International Transfer with value of US$2Million and above
emanating from both Private Banks and Government Institutions in
Nigeria must
pass through the Central Bank of Nigeria, and must be personally
scrutinized
and endorsed by this office (Legal Clearance Unit). This is with a view
of
tackling identified irregularities capable of delaying and stalling
such transfer, owing to the ineptitude and sharp practices of officials
of
these private banks and government institutions.
It is a fact that before now, you have an arrangement with some
Nigerians tonassist you in facilitating your transfer, and you have
been asked or
made to pay certain processing fees and gratifications. But nothing has
been
achieved. No matter the lame explanations your Nigerian Contacts may
advance to you to cover up their incompetence, the simple fact is that
your
transfer is over US$2Million, and has been subjected to serious
irregularities,
making impossible for effect, given the clear provisions of the newly
promulgated "International Transfer Clearance Edict 117(1) of 2005".
Ordinarily, We would have ordered that your transfer process be started
all over again, but we are compelled to assist you because of the
disappointment and set back that this will mean to you, coupled with
the rough
experience you may have had with your Nigerian Contacts. You will then
be oblige
with the privilege of regularizing your transfer through the authentic
and
official process reserved only for Priority Government International
Transfers by the compliment of the Presidency. By this process, The
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Presidency will respectively
issue you
with Fresh Original Volumes of: Funds Transfer Release Order (FTRO),
and
Funds Transfer Agreement Authority (FTAA).
These documents are Original Hard Covers. We will arrange for these
original documents to be specially sent to you for your endorsement and
return,
by means of DHL Courier Posting. Otherwise, you would have been
required
to personally come and endorse these documents at the Presidency and
CBN
premises respectively. You will be instructed on how to endorse and
return
the endorsed documents. Your transfer will immediately follow after the
signing protocols, as you will now have a legal basis to enforce your
contractual right if your transfer is delayed any further.within
72banking upon
return,your fund will be wired directly to your bank account.
In order to assist you as stated above, you must be ready to fulfill
the following conditions: You must suspend all forms of communication
with
your Nigerian contacts and offshore contacts, and adhere strictly to my
instructions.
Finally, you must also be ready to send a Letter of Certification to
the Nigerian Government, on the immediate confirmation of your funds in
your bank account. If you are able to guarantee these conditions, We
would
honestly advice you to consider your transfer completed in the next
couple of days.
For further directives, you are advised to contact, MR. ALI HASSAN,
Head of the Legal Unit for normalization of all irregularities on
cbn_ali_ng@yahoo.fr
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Funke Adebayo(cbn Legal Clearance Unit)
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