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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: mercy udor <mercyudor2_cbn@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:03:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent info.
Dear Sir,
After waiting endlessly to hear from you and your
Nigeria partner for long time now, I decided to make
this direct approach to you, especially now that the
presidency, Governor’s office and the relevant
quarters has given my office the authority to release
outstanding funds and my liberty of being in the
international finance unit.
I do not know if you have ask yourself why each time
they release of this fund is approved, all of a
sudden, the payment will be stopped or one problem or
the other will come up. If you have not asked this
question or you do not know, this is an opportunity
for me to tell you.
Sometime ago your Nigerian friends (I mean your local
partners here)approached me through my late wife who
then working with Ministry of Finance and requested me
to assist them conclude a money transfer deal they
started with you. They requested me to assist them
removing the original contractor name, company’s name
and bank particulars in order to make you appear as
the rightful beneficiary of this fund. I did as agreed
and demanded to be paid but they told me that you
promised to send the money to me. Do you know that up
till now, I have not heard from them. Now, I’m ready
to forget the past because I know with the above
revelations you must have known why all efforts in the
past have been futile and abortive.
Let me remind you that as the beneficiary and with me
here as your only partner now you have one or two
steps to take before a successful transfer of funds
could be achieved.
SOME OF THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN ARE STATED BELOW:
1. I do not need the US$100,000 again from you but 40%
of the contract value after the transfer.
2. That those friends will be completely kept out of
the transaction, as I’m sure they do not know anything
about this deal again after they have tried their best
to conclude this without my consent.
3. That you will be ready to give me 40% of the total
sum when successfully transferred to your account.
4. That no director here will be aware of my
confidential involvement except my official
involvement.
5. Assurance from you that you will release my agreed
percentage after the Transfer.
6. Your direct Mobile phone/Fax for easy excess to
you.
If you agree to all my directives You have my
assurance that I’m the only person that know that you
did not do any contract and I’m ready to remain the
only person provided You are ready to give your
cooperation. Every person here wonder why the transfer
of the fund has always been blocked by my office but
as soon as I receive your response, I will furnish you
with the next line of the action, and possibly tell
you when actually the funds will be transferred.
If you are sure that you will not treat me like your
Nigeria Partners please call me or email me through
the above contact address upon receipt of this
message.But if reverse is the case please do not
border to contact me. For confidentiality respond by
mail for security reason.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
Mercy Udor.
Foreign Remittance Dept.
Central Bank of Nigeria
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