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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: "Rasheed Mohammed" <rasheed_office9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rasheed_office3@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:49:40 +0000
Subject: GOOD-DAY

Attn: CEO/ MANAGER,

PAYMENT SOLUTION

I am Hon. Dr. Mohammed Rasheed, Chairman Senate Committee of Foreign Payment
/PMST/in my country, Africa; my office monitors and controls the affairs of
all banks and financial institutions concerned with foreign contract
payments. I am the final signatory to all foreign transfers of huge funds
moving within banks both the local and international levels in line to
foreign contracts settlement. I have before me the list of foreign contract
payment files,which are due to be transferred to their nominated accounts.

Meanwhile, we identified some of these accounts to be ghost
accounts,unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. Your name was among
the under listed contractors expecting their funds to be transferred into
their accounts, on this note; I wish to have a deal with you as regards to
the unpaid fund. I have the file before me and hope they data's are correct
and un-tampered unless you reconfirm your banking details for me to properly
authenticate them.

As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the
Federal Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits. I
have the opportunity to write you based on the instructions I received two
days ago from the Senate Committee on Contract Payments / Foreign Debts to
submit the List of payment reports expenditures and audited reports of
revenues. Among several others, I have decided to remit the contract sum to
your nominated account following my idea that we have a deal/agreement and I
am going to perfect the paperwork legally.

MY CONDITIONS

1. The total sum of USD$19M will be Transfer in to your account I will
provide you after you have confirmed the transfer of the fund into your
account by telegraphic Transfer (T/T), confirmable in 3 working days.

2. This deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be
strictly by private email / telephone and fax, for security purposes.

3. There should be no other third parties as most problems associated with
such payments are caused by their agents or representatives. If you AGREE
with my conditions, l will advise you on the nextline of action and
immediately the fund transfer will commence without further delay as I would
proceed to fix your name on the Payment schedule instantly to meet the 10
working day

Hon. Dr. Mohammed Rasheed

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