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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • bello_gal@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bello galadima" <bello_gal@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:21:12 +0100
Subject: hello

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COOPERATION
FROM ENGR bello galadima;

Dear Sir,

I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in this business
transaction which will takeus only one month. I am a member of contract
awarding committee which I was the chairman.

A contract was awarded to foreign company to lay pipes from Port-Harcourt to
Warri refineries which was awarded in the year 2000, the contract was 60
million United State dollars but been a
contract awarding committee chairman I over inflated it to the tone of 90
million United State
Dollars, the work have been completed and the company have been paid by
Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation and they have gone, what is left now
is 30 million United State Dollars which was kept in one of the
Finance/Security Company set up by the Federal Government that is in charge
of paying foreign contractors.

I need your assistance to assist me conclude this goldenopportunity and to
secure the fund into your possession, because being the chairman, I cannot
do it alone without the help of a foreigner who will stand as the contractor
who executed the job. So furnish me with the following particularsfor me to
perfect the remmittance of this fund to your posession.

1, YOUR FULL NAMES.

2,YOUR COMPANY NAME (IF ANY)

3, YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

4, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

Please you should keep the business very secret and confidential to
yourself, till the money gets to your account, then I will join you in your
country for a meeting and subsequent, introduce me into a
profitable business where I will invest my own share of the fund.

I have set aside 100% to be shared between me and you. I being the contract
awarding committee chairman, I will get 50%, you that is assisting me will
get 40% then 10% will be shared between both parties for any expenses we may
meet on the way during the transaction.

Please keep it very secret and confidential to yourself.

Reply through this private box; bello_gal@hotmail.com. your urgent response
for us to proceed.

Best regards,

Engr.bello galadima.

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