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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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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • hsochima@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hector Sochima" <adeshina003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsochima@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:00:02 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT MANAGER PORTFOLIO

Dear Sir,

I am sourcing for a services of an Oversea Investment Manager (OIM) to
manage the sum of US$32Million, this amount represent an over invoiced
amount of money from a contract that was awarded to an American Oil
exploration company by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in
2000, one year later in 2001, the American company completed the contract
and was fully paid by direct Wire transfer for the execution of the
contract, leaving the over invoiced sum safely deposited in a special
security account managed and monitored by the top officers of the
corporation that I represent, this top officer are in charge of the day to
day running of accounts and finance section including the auditing
department of the corporation and have perfected all documents to back up
the payment as to avoid any trace whatsoever, which makes the transaction
100% risk free.

My request is your assistance in receiving this money using a secured
account that is able to take this money and thereafter you invest it for a
period of 2 years on their behalf. You would be entitled to 25% of the total
fund in question, while 5% will be set aside for any sundry expenses
incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction. I have noted
your honesty and ability to protect the highly exalted positions of the
officers here in discuss.
On your acceptance to assist, we will first draft an MOU to be signed by
both you and the group in a meeting that will be arranged at your instance
before the processing of the payment which will pass through the relevant
authorities for purpose of authentication before a transfer to the account
you will provide for this purpose.

As an administrative officer I was mandated to seek your indulgence on this
matter, if this is acceptable to you, contact me strictly by
hsochima@yahoo.com stating your private phone number Please DO NOT bother
to respond if you are not interested.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Hector Sochima

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