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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: "Jacob Tanko" <csb711@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: csb_711@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:58:37 -0400
Subject: INTEREST IN ACQUISITION OF ESTATE
Dear Sir,
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE
I got your contact in my quest for a reliable and trustworthy person to
transact this business with.
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
Allocations of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the
transaction to be as
strictly 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 we intend to carry out our
proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account at the
Nigerian Apex Bank (i.e. the Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your
assistance to transfer the funds to your country in a convenient bank
account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use in
your country.
For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for which payment should be
effected to you by the Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run into
US$2.4 Million, of which your share shall be 10% if you agree to beour
overseas agent.
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 also serve as our
agent.
In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following
information:
1. Your company name and address if any
2. Your personal fax number
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through my
above stated email address after which we shall discuss in details the
modalities for seeing this transaction through.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation of
your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Jacob Tanko
csb_711@yahoo.com
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