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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • friday_fellyx6@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: friday fellyx <friday_fellyx6@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:14:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: investments



 
    Plot 197, Ribadu Road
Off Awollowo, South West Ikoyi .
Lagos State .
Nigeria .
Email:friday_fellyx6@yahoo.co.uk.
 
 
Good day gary, 
 
I am Dr. John Okoye, the Director and Funds Co-coordinator of the finance/Contract Department of The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Terms of Reference. My term of reference involves the financial management and disbursement of proceeds from petroleum products and also the award of contracts to multinational companies. 
My office is also saddled with responsibility of screening, categorization and Prioritization of projects embarked upon by this Ministry as well as feasibility study for selected projects and supervising the project consultants involved. 
A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of the fourth Fiscal quarter of 2004 indicates that this Ministry paid out a whooping sum of US$736M (Seven hundred and Thirty Six Million United States Dollars) to successful contract beneficiaries. The Ministry is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid by second half of 2007. 
 
The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of this Ministry deliberately over-inflated the contract value of the various contracts awarded. In the Cause of disbursements, this department has been able to track down the sum of US$86.5M (Eighty six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and floating in the Ministry's domiciliary account with the Apex Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). My colleagues and I now want to quickly transfer these funds to a safe nominated account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter of Government policy to operate any foreign account because of our status as Civil/public servants. 
 
Hence the need to solicit for your account to transfer this fund into.
We have also evolved a sharing formula as follows:
(1) 30% for the foreign account owner
(2) 65% for my colleagues and I
(3) 5% mapped out for any expenses that might occur in the cause of the transaction.
 
Furthermore, we shall be relying on your advice as regards investments of part of our share in any blue-chip Company in your country. Be informed that this business is genuinely and 100% safe considering the high-powered government official involved. Send your private fax, telephone numbers and your mobile telephone if any this is to facilitate easy communication with you.  Looking forward to healthy business relationship with you. Also send to me you private email address, the name and address of your company which you will want to us to use for this transaction so that we can register it here in Nigeria with the cooperate affairs commission as a category "A" contactor.
 
Finally all our further correspondents should be on email and phone calls to ensure a hitch free transaction because a transaction of this magnitude is a top secret, so you are advised to call me immediately you receive this letter and also reply to my private/confidential email address: friday_fellyx6@yahoo.co.uk. 
 
 
Regards
 
Dr friday fellyx.



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