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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: "Lawrence Johnson" <ljohnson_480@msn.com>
Reply-To: l_johnson1424@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:26:58 +0000
Subject: Await your urgent reply.
Attn:
Following exhaustive enquiries and compilation of dossiers on foreign
personalities and companies, you were discretely selected for this
transaction. My approach to your person is based on my conviction that as
the director of a reputable company such as yours, you could be sufficiently
trusted with a transaction of considerable magnitude we decided to take a
chance to contact you in confidence hoping you can assist us. It is also our
belief that you will be competent enough to guide us through a wise
investment out of the proceeds of the transaction in areas that will yield
good dividend to our capital.
I am a Senior State Official in one of Nigeria’s biggest parastatals, I and
a few officials due for retirement soon from public service have been
seeking avenues for significant private investment overseas to escape the
inadequacy of our collapsing pension scheme.
In view of this, we have after careful planning come into possession of
instruments that will enable us facilitate the remittance of the sum of
Twenty Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$29.5M)
from a suspense account into the account of a trustworthy and consenting
foreign partner. This fund was purposely over-invoiced from contract deals
handled by us in our capacity as the Ministry’s negotiator with foreign
contractors. As a precautionary measure against excessive taxation, undue
government interference and to ensure Bankers’ co-operation on your side, we
have made solid arrangement to remit the money as an investment fund.
Suffice it to say that this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to
miss.
As we progress, we shall bring you into the mainstream of the transaction if
you show willingness to assist, and are able to deal with us. To facilitate
the transfer of this fund, we will require a safe and comfortable Bank
account and your full assistance to harness a smooth remittance of the fund.
NOTE: You are required to provide Bank Account you are absolutely in control
of, and we promise you a risk-free guarantee while you must endeavour to
keep this business strictly confidential at all times.
Please note that this transaction is informed by the system we found
ourselves in. Nigeria is a multi-ethnic, country where fierce inter ethnic
rivalry subordinates national loyalty, thus any person in a position of
authority capitalizes on it to provide for the future of his family since
our pension scheme has collapsed. Perhaps, you must have read from the
press, the Federal Government of Nigeria’s effort to forestall the illegal
diversion of public funds abroad by alleged corrupt top officials in various
Government parastatals through an international propaganda to discourage
prospective foreign recipients from going into such deals with Nigerian
officials. Please be wary of this development as this “propaganda” may
discourage you.
It is also pertinent to note that the request for foreign assistance is
occasioned by the fact that Civil servants here are by law excluded from
operating foreign accounts. Besides, the contract from which this sum
accrued was executed by a consortium of foreign firms.
Further information in respect of the contract details will be made
available to you and your COMMISSION and other VARIABLES will be worked out
on your acceptance. We have put in a lot to ensure a hitch free exercise so
be rest assured that the transaction will be absolutely 100% successful on
our side.
Please do not hesitate to get back to me through the above E-mail address or
fax as soon as you receive this and apprise me of your position.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.Lawrence Johnson.
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