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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: "Jeffrey Benneth Jnr"<jbjnr@web2mail.com>
Reply-To: <cscenbanhq1@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:23:45 -0700
Subject: Contract/Inheritance Payment information

Ref No: RK 516 SV /Contracts-Nigeria/#0374

Attention: Beneficiary

CONTRACT PAYMENT INFORMATION

We have noticed with deep concern the fraudulent and corrupt practices by some officials of the Nigerian financial institutions and government agencies formerly designated with the duty to process and perform the remittances of various foreign contract/inheritance payments. These nefarious activities have put Nigeria in bad light among committee of nations, which have been very inimical to her economic growth and development. It is a fact that some beneficiaries while trying to realize their legitimate contract/inheritance payments have unsuspectingly fallen prey to schemes and grand designs of these bad elements in the Nigerian society who creates artificial impediments in the processing of foreign contract payments as device to perpetrate fraud.

In need to restore and reposition the ailing Nigerian economy and status for improved direct foreign investments and economic growth/development, the United Nations Centre for Economic Development Africa was prevailed upon, in partnership with the Nigerian government to grapple with the arduous task of restructuring for advancement Nigeria’s economic and financial status, and to further effectiveness on foreign contract payment resolution.

In the course of verification carried out on your contract payment file, it was discovered that you have satisfactorily completed all required legal and financial obligations in respect of your payment. In this vein, your contract payment has been certified and ratified for immediate payment, and high power directives have been issued to the Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi, Executive governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to credit your bank with the total sum of US$12,500,000.00 without further delay, who under the present structure have taken over full responsibility on foreign contract/inheritance payments from the any other financial Institute for effectiveness.

In the foregoing, you are hereby advised to contact and communicate your bank account information to the Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi, Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for crediting of US$12,500,000.00 into your bank account out of your total contract/inheritance value. The contact information for the Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is:

Name of Contact Person: Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi (GOVERNOR, CBN)
Telephone Nr: +234 805 108 8654
E-mail Add: sanusilas_cenban@itimes.com
cscenbanhq1@sify.com


Yours in service,


Jeffrey Benneth Jnr.
(Sub-regional Director)

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