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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: anadi charles <charlesego1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: charlesego@myway.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:39:18 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GOODDAY
ATTN: SIR / MADAM
THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGALLY PRIVILEGED AND DIRECT WIRE TELEGRAPHIC
TRANSFER INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
BRIEFLY,I AM DR CHARLESN OBI., THE CRUDE REPRESENTIVES TO THE NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC) JOINTLY OWNED BY NIGERIA, SOUTH
KOREA
AND INDONESIA.. WITH MY POSITION ,I,SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR MYSELF THE
SUM
OF $18,500,000,00 ( EIGHTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES
DOLLARS (ONLY. THIS AMOUNT WAS CAREFULLY MANIPULATED BY OVER-INVOICING
OF AN
OLD CONTRACT AWARDED AND SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED BY A FOREIGN FIRM IN
1997.
BASED ON MY PERSONAL CONVICTION, I BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION
TO
HELP ME IN TRANSFERING THIS FUNDS(US$18.500,000) INTO A SAFE ACCOUNT. I
AM
OF THE AGREEMENT THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH
30%
OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE I HAVE 60% AS THE INITIATOR AND 10% WILL
BE SET
ASIDE TO OFFSET WHATEVER YOU WILL SPEND AND WHAT I WILL SPEND IN
TRANSFERRING THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I SHALL NEED THE FOLLOWING FROM YOU TO ENABLE ME COMMENCE LEGAL AND
OFFICIAL
ACTION IMMEDIATELY:
1. YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.
2. COMPANY NAME OR THE NAME TO BE INCORPORATED HERE BY THE LAWYER WHO
WILL
REPRESENT YOU LEGALLY AS THE CONTRACTOR AND BENEFICIARY OF THE MONEY.
3. OPEN A NEW BANK ACCOUNT FOR THE TRANSFER TO AVOID CONTRADICTIONS
PLEASE.
FURTHERMORE, IMMEDIATELY THE FINAL APPROVAL ARE GRANTED, THE FUNDS WILL
BE
TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 72 HOURS, FOLLOWING THE
APPLICATION OF
THE LAWYER WHO WILL REPRESENT YOU HERE AS THE CONTRACTOR AND
BENEFICIARY OF
THE FUBDS. BY WHICH TIME I WILL BE IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE FINAL
DISBURSEMENT IN THE RATIO ALREADY SPELT OUT. PLEASE, YOU SHOULD
EANDEAVOUR
TO OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT AS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT
WANT A
SITUATION WHEN THE MONEY IS IN THE ACCOUNT, YOU NOW TELL ME YOU WOULD
NEED
TO BE AUTHORISED BY ANOTHER PERSON BEFORE I CAN HAVE OMY OWN SHARE.
FINALLY,IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME ONLY
BY EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION.
PLEASE, TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY IMPORTANT.
YOURS FAITHFULLY
DR CHARLESN OBI
CRUDE OIL SALES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NNPC
CONTACT ME WITH THIS E-MAIL charlesego1@yahoo.co.uk
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