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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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From: "drcubah44" <drcubah44@maktoob.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:49:09 -0800
Subject: URGENTLY AND EXTREMELY CONFIDENTIAL
DEAR FRIEND,
URGENTLY AND EXTREMELY CONFIDENTIAL.
I am an Accountant and the chairman of the tender committee
which awards contract in the department of the petroleum
Resources of Nigeria . I sent you a mail through an internet
sometime ago informing you of our plan to transfer the sum
of USD$23.6million (Twenty Three million, Six hundred
thousand US Dollars only) to your account. I have been
waiting to hear from you,but up till now, nothing has been
heard from you hence this particular message.
I want you to know that this funds originated from an
Over-invoiced contract sum which was awarded to a foreign
firm in 1999. I and my three (3)other colleagues in the
tender Board purposely inflated the actual cost of the
contract to the tune of USD$23.6 Million.
However, the original contractor has fully executed the
contract, the project commissioned and the contractor paid
his actual contract worth, leaving behind the over-invoiced
sum. So, it is based on this that we now want you / your
company to come forward to claim this sum on our behalf. We
are Civil Servants, and we are not allowed to operate
foreign account while still in office, so you are therefore
to act as one who had executed a contract worth the sum of
USD$23.6 million for my Department and you now want your
payment.
This deal is 100% risk free. We are perfectly in charged and
had worked out modalities that would guarantee a hitch free
transfer of this fund to your account. We have also mapped
out 35% of the total sum for you for your help and
assistance while the remaining is for me and my colleagues.
If you are interested in the proposal, and you are a
trustworthy person who would not sit on this money if it is
transferred into your account, kindly indicate by contacting
me through my private telephone/fax numbers,or via my
E-mail.You can as well send your bank account details for
this transfer.
This deal must be kept absolutely confidential till we
succeed. Thank you as we look forward to your anticipated
co-operation.
NOTE : After a successful transfer, 35% for you, 65% for us.
We will also visit you immediately we conclude this
transaction to collect and invest our shares of the total
sum into any viable business you may advise us in your
country.
Nevertheless,i got your email contact information through an
internet.
Contact me urgently through my Telephone or my email.(
drcubah44@maktoob.com).
Best regards,
DR Chris Ubah.
234-802771646.
drcubah44@maktoob.com
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