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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: "rashoffice1" <rashoffice1@rya-online.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:53:55 GMT
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
contractpayment 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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