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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: "Dr Kamu Musa" <kamumusa@msn.com>
Reply-To: musakamu2006@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:00:41 +0000
Subject: URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL
Office of the financial controller.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Building 6/7 Falomo Lagos, Nigeria.
Dear friend,
I am Mr Kamu Musa,The financial controller in the Federal Ministry Of
Agriculture (FMA) Headquarters lagos. I am writing on behalf of my
colleagues in the Ministry and have been assigned to seek for the assistance
of a reliable foreign company through which we can transfer the sum of
THIRTY MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY (US$30,000,000). This money is deposited in
the FMA Treasury account with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
This sum arose from the deliberated over-invoicing of contract awarded by my
ministry to foreign firm in the twilight days of the last military regime.
This contract has been completely executed and commissioned and the
contractor that handled this contract has collected his full and final
payment thus leaving behind the above stated amount which represent the over
invoiced sum. We have been
safeguarding this money for conducive time for it’s transfer out of the
country for our personal use.
However, the code of employment does not allow us (civil servants) to own or
operate foreign account and because the contract was handled by a foreign
firm and the payment made in dollars, we now need a foreign partner that
will present himself as the sub-contractor so that the fund will be transfer
into your company’s or personal account.Your address was made available to
us by a very good friend who work with the Nigeria export promotion council
and he assured us of your viability and capability in business transaction.
This assurance gave us the courage to link you up in this
particular transaction and I hope it will be of mutual benefit to all of us.
Note that the nature of your business is not particularly relevant to the
success of the transaction.
All we require is your willingness to present yourself as the subcontractor
by providing your bank information so that the fund will be transferred into
your account.
Upon the successful creditng of your account this fund could be shared as
follows:30% of the total fund will be for your assistance in this business ,
I and my colleagues will take 60% while we set aside 10% for any expenses
that may incurred in the course of this transaction. If you are willing
to assist us in this business.Forward the particulars of your bank account
and also your private phone and fax numbers. This information will enable us
put an application for payment approval to the concerned Ministries and
final to the Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N) and it is going to last for 6-7
working days starting from the day we receive the above information. All
modalities for the take off of this transaction have been worked out and
further action will commence immediately we hear from you.
Thanks,
yours faithfully.
Mr Kamu Musa
NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free in all ramification as all the
douments evidencing you as the bonafide sub-contractor will be legally
secured for the proctection of all people involve both before and after
completion of the transaction.
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