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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: "AHMED USMAN" <ahmedusman001@msn.com>
Reply-To: usmanahmed2005@excite.com
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:55:32 +0000
Subject: From Dr.Ahmed
ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO,
My name is Dr.Usman Ahmed,I am a member of the Presidential Task Force on
Oil Spillage Clean-up.
Early last year there was a major oil spillage in the Niger Delta Region of
Nigeria which rendered over 70% of the communities homeless.The contract for
the cleaning up of the affected communities was awarded and handled by a
foreign firm but because of the huge monetary profit we envisaged we decided
to over-invoice the actual contract sum/value.
Now the contract has been completed and the original contractor has since
been paid,but the contract balance of US$29.5 million,which resulted from
the over-invoiced contract sum that has been left in a suspense account with
the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,is what my partners and I are planning to take
out of the country for ourselves.The problem is as government officials,we
are not permitted by law to own fat bank accounts,talk less of having
foreign ones.
To this end, we are soliciting your assistance as a foreign partner who can
assist us and receive these funds into your bank account. We are ready to
share this money with you on the basis of participation. We also have plans
to invest part of this money in any viable business in your country under
your care,as we are nearing our retirement age.
In any case, I received a reference of you/organization from the Nigeria
Chambers of Commerce and Industry 'Foreign Trade Division' as a reputable
organ that can assist us in this transaction. Please if you accept my
proposal do not hesitate to send me your full details,it does not matter
whether you or your company does contract project of the nature described
here, the assumption is that you won a major contract and sub contracted it
to another company, more often than not, big trading companies or
individuals of unrelated field win major contracts here in Nigeria and sub
contracts same to more specialized firms for execution.
BENEFIT: For providing the account where we shall remit these funds into,
you will be entitled to 30% of the entire funds, 65% will be for me and my
partners,while 5% has been set aside to cover any expenses that may be
incurred by both parties during this transaction, both local and
international.
Please I enjoin you to handle this transaction with utmost degree of
maturity and confidentiality because I am still in active government service
with the "NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION".
If I receive your response on time, this whole transaction could be
accomplished within the shortest possible time based on your interest and
determination,since the money is already in transit.
Thank you and I Look forward to your prompt response and may Allah bless you
abundantly.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Usman Ahmed (JP)
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