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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: alfred harbib <drharbib2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:40:01 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.
From The Desk Of Dr. Alfred Harbib.
Email: harbib1900@yahoo.com
ATTENTION
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties
in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance
Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria.
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the
transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further wants his
identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the
transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas agent. I have therefore
been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in
order to actualize this transaction.
The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed
investments in your country is presently in a coded account in the Nigerian
{Bank} and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country or
any safe account outside your country in a convenient Bank Account) that
will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use. For this you
shall be considered to have executed a contract for the ministry. The
contract sum of which shall run into Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars {US$15.5Million} of which your share shall be 30% if
you agree to be our overseas agent. Your area of specialization does not
matter in this transaction, all that is required of you is a Safe Account
and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in your Country.
As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share
in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too, you shall serve as our
agent. It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction
was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the
Payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers
and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That
was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around, I will be with you
before the remittance is made into your provided account to avoid future
occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is
seen.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this
proposal, through my email address: harbib1900@yahoo.com after which we
shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through.
If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in
view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of
personalities involved. Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Dr. Alfred Harbib.
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