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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: "NDDC TIMI" <timialaibe@mailbox.hu>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 05:52:10 -0700
Subject: Please get back to me ASAP .
Dear Sir/Madam.
First, I must apologise to you for using this medium to communicate to
you about this project.
I am a highly placed Government official of Nigeria and also a founding
member of the ruling party in Power,the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
My committee - The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC)-which is in
charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenues
for the Nigerian government which covers payment to foreign and local
contractors who has executed contracts for our country.The revenues under
our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly.My self
and other colleagues in the NDDC are currently in need of a foreign partner
with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Forty Nine Million Five
Hundred Thosand United States Dollars($49.5m).This fund was accrued from
various over invoicing of
foreign contractors payments made over the years.
However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the
NDDC, we cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top civil
servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank
accounts outside our country for now.
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues,to look for an
overseas partner in whose account we would transfer the fund ,hence the
reason for this mail.The fund shall be Transferred into your bank account
with your company as the beneficiary .
However note that this transaction, with regards to our disposition to
continue with you, is subject to the following terms.
(1) our conviction of your transparency.
(2) that you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
(3)40% of the total sum is for you,5% of the sum for local expenses that we
may incur by both parties and the remainig 55% of the total sum will be for
me.
The transaction is legitimate and there is no risk or legal disadvantages
either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future as we have put in place
perfect machineries that will ensure a hitch free transfer of the fund into
your bank account .
As soon as I receive your positive response(i.e) Your full name and
adsdress,your contact phone number as well as your banking information where
to transfer the fund into, we shall begin the transaction on a good note
because it will only take fifteen working banking days for the fund to be
confirmed into your bank account.
Please get back to me ASAP .
Yours faithfully,
Timi Alaibe.
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