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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: "Dr.Tunde Lemo" <remittanceofficenig55@gala.net>
Reply-To: remmitanceofficeng@googlemail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:41:44 +0100
Subject: =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?RE:_UNPAID_CONTRACT_SUM_=96_WHY_YOU_HAVE_NOT_SUCCEEDED:?=
*RE: UNPAID CONTRACT SUM – WHY YOU HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED:*
* *
*After waiting to hear from you or your **Nigeria** partners for a long time
now. I decided to make this direct approach to you in other not to let it be
as if I have anything in mind against you. I do not know if you have asked
yourself why each time the release of this fund is approved, all of sudden,
the payment will be stopped or one problem or the other will come up. If you
have not asked this question or you do not know, this is an opportunity for
me to tell you.*
* *
*Sometime ago, your Nigerian friend I mean the people that introduced you to
the project approached me through my dear wife who works with the Federal
Ministry of Finance and asked me to assist them conclude a money transfer
deal they had with you, they requested me to assist them by removing the
original name, company's name and the bank particulars from Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) Vetting and replacing them with your name and your bank
details in order to make you appear as the rightful beneficiary of this
funds. I agreed on conditions that they would pay me US$300,000 as soon as
your name appears as the beneficiary. I did as agreed and demanded to be
paid but your friends started giving me excuses. They even told me that you
promised to send money to me, do you know that up till now, I have not
received a single cent from them and have not set my eyes on any of them.*
* *
*Based on their attitude, I decided to stop the funds release movement
because I cannot be denied of my right in my own office considering the risk
as it might affect my job. Secondly, I know the source of the funds that you
did not in anyway have connection money transaction in Nigeria , although I
am the only person privileged to know this information and it is a fact. Why
I am making this clear to you is that I can see that you are still making
frantic efforts to conclude this project. Now I am ready to forget the past.
I do not need the US$300,000 any longer from you but a good compensation
from your mind. I need your assurance that your colleagues will be totally
kept out of this transaction. *
* *
*I know quite well that none of them is aware of my new approach to you Stop
spending your money unnecessarily to CBN Officers both here and overseas
because you will not receive this money without my hand in it. I personally
perfected the change of the documents at the very beginning and only I can
perform it. The secret is that your partners failed to stamp duty your
transfer documents.*
* *
*Finally, I need your promise that no official of the Central Bank of **
Nigeria** will be aware of my involvement in this regard because of my
position. Now re-assure me that you will be willing to compensate me. That
you will assist my wife to establish a foreign account in your country where
my compensation will be deposited. I am a man of my words, if you are ready
to conclude this business with me, kindly contact me on my Email Address:(
**remmitanceofficeng@googlemail.com)**so that I could give you more
information over this issue once and for all. But if the reverse is the
case, do not bother yourself to reach me and forget about this money.*
* *
* Regards.*
*Dr. Tunde Lemo.**
Deputy Governor *
*Foreign Operation & Inter Remittance Department (C.B. N).*
* NB *
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its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you.
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