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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: mark larry <rev_drmarklarry@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:14:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: your urgent response is needed thanks
Dear Amarjit Singh,
This is to confirm the receipt of your mail in response to my proposal to you. My colleagues and I are very glad that you have accepted to cooperate with us in this lucrative and mutual beneficial transaction. It is imperative that we utilize this Medium to adequately explain to you every intricacies of the transaction to enable you comprehend and full appreciate the essences of the transaction and the role you are expected to play.
Firstly, the aforementioned contract project has been fully completed and the contractor has been paid their full entitlement remaining the (15,500.000.00) FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) inflated rate that is presently floating in confers of the government.
It is this floating amount that we want to present you as the sub contractor who completed the final phase of the contract project and therefore the beneficiary of the outstanding contract payment. For this transaction to be realized, we have mapped out the necessary procedures and modalities to effectively and legally present and project you as the beneficiary of the fund. We intend to procure all the necessary legal documentation and certification that is a prerequisite for a claim of this nature and you can be assured that my colleagues and I have put an elaborate arrangement in place to ensure the smooth and hitch free prosecution of this transaction to its logical conclusion. All we require from you is your sincere commitment to the success of the transaction and also to accord the transaction a high level of confidentiality.
For purpose of better understanding I would go ahead and explain in minute details the procedure and modalities of the transaction.
1. We will have to incorporate a limited liability company on your behalf and then register the Incorporated Company with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as category A’ contractor with this corporation.
2. We will also source and obtain the project completion certificate showing that the company has successfully completed the contract project and that the outstanding fund is legitimately due to the company.
As soon as we have assembled the documents, an application of claim would then be drafted on your behalf and submitted to the Federal Ministry of Finance for consideration and subsequent approval of the payment. With my capacity here and the efforts of my colleagues in the ministry of finance, I am quite optimistic that the application would sail through without any hindrance. All ready my colleagues in the Federal Ministry of Finance are looking forward to receive the application from the from us for the final Approvals and payment instruction to the bank for remittance.
I will communicate to you as soon as we are through with all this arrangement. Please do confirm the receipt of this mail by forwarding to us the required information such as your full name and address, phone and fax numbers and your bank account details wear you want this fund to be credited into.
Await your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely
REV DR MARK LARRY
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