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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: "williamfrank344@terra.es" <williamfrank344@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:21:22 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FUND RELEASE
THE PRESIDENCY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT
ON FINANCIAL AFFAIRS/ DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT
From The Desk of:
Hon william frank (F.E.C).
Dear
It has come to my notice that your long overdue fund
payment has not been released to you. Since the
release order has been instructed and mandated to you
after a conclusive meeting with the Federal Executive
Council (F.E.C).
After my investigation, I found out that your fund has
not been claimed and also found out that all effort by
you to receive your payment fail, base on wrong
information by your local representatives deceptive
notification message to you concerning the release of
your payment such illegal information that has been
sending to by your local representatives should be
disregarded and discarded in your own interest to
avoid making unnecessary and illegal payment to any
body. I want you to know that as far as the office of
the Special Adviser is concerned all letter of
notification of your payment has been sent to us.
Therefore, you are advised to contact this office
within 48 hours of the receipt of this urgent message
to indicate clearly, reasons why you have not claimed
your fund after Federal High Court judgment, all the
Federal Parastatals, Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), the Federal Ministry of Finance
(FMF), The National Assembly (NASS), Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) has been notified in respect of your
payment. Failing to comply with this urgent message,
we have no option than to go to the court for the
cancellation of the payment as unclaimed fund, this is
to enable the International Community to have no blame
on the Federal Republic of Nigeria for not paying you,
which happened in the past. Our correspondence Bankers
are awaiting further instructions from me for the
release of your money.
Please contact me immediately you receive this urgent
message/ phone stated above for security reasons.
Every arrangement towards the release of your payment
has been concluded; your urgent attention is needed on
this matter.
As a matter of urgency, all contractors concerned are
hereby advised to comply by making sure that their
full details below are forwarded to office of the new
chairman as follows;-
A...CONTRACT AMOUNT
B...CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER
C...CURRENT TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBERS
D...SCAN COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT
E...FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
Yours sincerely,
Hon william Frank(F.E.C).
Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, rápido, fiable.
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