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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: thomas_mark006@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:44:46 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE?=
FROM THE DESK OF:THOMAS MARK
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OFFICER
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF PETROLUEM RESOURCES(F.M.P.R)
LAGOS NIGERIA.
E-MAIL: thomas_mark001@myway.com
Dear Sir,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am THOMAS MARK , Chief accountant Officer Federal Ministry of
petroleum Resources (MPR) and a member of a three-man Tender Board in charge
of contract review and payment approvals. I came to know of you in my search
for a reliable person to handle a very confidential transaction that involves
the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account. It may sound strange
but exercise patience and read on. There is contract executed by a consortium
Multinational in the Oil industry in favour of Ministry of Petroleum Resources
among which were:
The construction of storage tanks for petroleum products (Depots) US$240
Million. The original values of this contract were deliberately over invoiced
to the sum of US $15.5million American Dollars which has now been approved
and is now ready to be transferred being that the companies that actually
executed these contracts has been fully paid and project officially commissioned.
consequently, my colleagues and are willing to transfer the total amount
to your account for subsequent disbursement since we are Civil Servant and
are prohibited
by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Servant Laws) from
opening/operating foreign account in our names. Needless to say, the trust
posed on you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed to offer you 30% of the transferred sum while
10% shall be set aside for accidental expenses (Internal & External) between
the parties in the course of the transfer. We will mandate you to draw up
an investment plan for us of which you will control since we cannot bring
our shares back to Nigeria. We are very interested in investing in real
estate in your country.
Bear in mind, that the funds would be transferred to an account over which
you have absolute control. Modalities have been worked out at the highest
level of the Presidency at the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate
transfer of the funds within 14 working days, subject to your satisfaction
of the above stated terms.
Our assurance to you, is that your role is 100% risk free. To accord this
transaction, the legality it deserves and for mutual security of the parties
involved and the funds, the whole approval procedures will be officially
and legally processed with your name or the name of your company you may
nominate as the Bonafide beneficiary.
Also, be informed that our main reason of contacting you is for the obvious
reason that we will want to invest these funds in the real estate. It is
our believe that you can be of immense help in this regards. Kindly expedite
action so as to enable us include this transaction into this batch as payment
to foreign contractors is usually carried out on quarterly basis.
Please, contact me as soon as possible on my private E-MAIL
thomas_mark001@myway.com, awaits your soonest response.
Best regards.
Thomas Mark
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