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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: Darkata Abubakar <darkata23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <darkata2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 18:03:54 +0000
Subject: Chairman Commitee
Dear Sir,
RE: COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON THE RECOVERY OF FUNDS WRONGLY COLLECTED FROM BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN CONTRACTORS. It is with deep apology that this committee decided to write you this committee was recently set up by ECOWAS after series of petitions from Foreign Embassies, Foreign Contractors, ECOWAS Body's, The Justice Ministry, Foreign Contractors and other individuals who had lost a whole lot of money running into Millions of Dollars. There was so much financial discrepancies going on in ourfinancial institutions, it was based on the findings of theJUSTICE EMMANUEL EKPO Panel that the ECOWAS set up thiscommittee headed by Darkata Abubakar, a seasoned intelligence official. This adhoc committee is saddled with the following Herculean task: Bringing sanity to the financial institutions in the ECOWASsub-region, e.g. The Central Bank of all ECOWAS countries, all Ministries and all Government Parastatal associated with payment of both local and foreign contracts.Assisting foreign and local contractors to recover money wrongly collected from them by these fraudulent official. Liaising with the State owned Telecommunication Company's who can phone tap and bug phone lines used by these crooks to monitor, trace and if possible apprehend those who perpetrate such acts.
Assisting these contractors (local and foreign) who have hadtheir long overdue payment purposely delayed by these Government official to make sure that they are paid.
Mediating between these foreign contractors and the payment offices to avoid foreigners falling into the wrong hands. Sir, as you can see, we of this committee is saddled with avery Herculean job and would like you to send to this committee the following, so that we would assist you in recovering your money that you must have wrongly paid: A).Payment slips/ Western Union/ Money Gram Slips and any other proof of payment of Money you had made in the past as regard the facilitating of your contract payment.
B). Telephone and fax numbers of all those who contact you and whom you are in contact with. C). Names, pictures and official designate of official who callsyou and whom you also call.
You are advised for security reasons to send the above details only by email as such details should not be seen by any otherperson apart from me, this also is for official secrecy to bemaintained at all times. You are also advised to continue to be in contact with allofficial who still call you asking for some form of money toassist you get your funds into your account, just play along and always contact me by phone or email and give me his or her particulars for this committee to carry out investigations. This committee on behalf of the people and the government of all ECOWAS member states, apologizes for all the lost times and delays you passed through in the hands of these government official. We are also aware that you would have at one time or the other, spent some money in the wrong direction but did not get any result as you would have been promised, we promise that such money would be recovered and refunded back to you. Once again sir, accept our apology, as you would soon overcome all these shortfalls. Find below the reply email address for this committee, this is to ensure that all documents sent by you do not again fall into wrong hands. If you have lost money to these crooks or you know anyone who had lost money to this crooks anywhere, then write us back with details or how it all happened so we shall have a look at it and deal with the situation once and for all, these people are really assasinating the good image and name of the ECOWAS as a whole and the Commitee of nations at large. Thanking you for your unalloyed cooperation. Darkata Abubakar
Chairman CommiteeEmail:darkata2007@yahoo.co.uk
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