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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jamesadams80003@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • equitorial_trustbank@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?James=20Adams?= <jamesadams80003@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: jamesadams67@myway.com
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:56:02 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: No Banking Info Required


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : jamesadams80003@yahoo.fr

No Banking Info Required


Dr James Adams


Federal Ministry of Works & Housing


Ikoyi Lagos. Nigeria.


Date: 26/04/2006


First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction, this is byvirtue of it's nature as been utterly confidential and top secret as you wereintroduced to us in confidence through the Nigerian/Gambian Chambers ofCommerce, Foreign Trade division, during an official assignment to Banjul.


We are top officials from the Federal Ministry of Works & Housing(FMW&H), Federal Ministry of Finance and the Presidency, making up theContract Review Panel (CRP) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to review contracts awarded by the past Military administration.


In the course of our work in the CRP, we discovered this fund which resultedf rom grossly over-invoiced contracts which were executed for the FMW&Hduring the last administration. The companies that executed the contract have been duly paid and the contracts commissioned leaving the sum of US$26.426M floating in the Escrow account of the Central Bank of Nigeria readyfor payment.


I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the Panel to look for an over-seas partner to whom we could transfer the sum ofUS$26.426M by Legally subcontracting the contract entitlement to your company.This is bearing in mind that our civil service code of conduct forbids us fromowning foreign companies or running foreign accounts while in Government servicehence the need for an over-seas partner.


We have agreed that the funds will be shared thus after it has been transferredinto your account:


(1) 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the fund.


(2) 65% to us the Government officials (with wish we wish to commence animportation business in conjunction with you).


(3) 5% has been set aside as an abstract projection for reimbursement to bothparties for incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of thistransaction.


All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the smoothconclusion of the transaction within ten to fourteen working days ofcommencement after receipt of the following information from you: Your companyname, address, company's details and activities, telephone & fax numbers.These information will enable us make applications and lodge claims to theconcerned Ministries & agencies in favor of your company and it ispertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely based on trust as the Solar Bank Draft or Certified Cheque drawable in any of the Central Bank ofNigeria correspondent Bankers in America is going to be made in your name.


Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter by using this alternativeaddress: mr james adams at: equitorial_trustbank@myway.com


Yours faithfully,


Dr James Adams


NB. Bank Account details not necessary, as preferred mode of payment is bydraft or cheque.








- James Adams

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