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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: iegobia@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:29:38 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CALL=20NOW?=
From: Engr Imam Egobia,
Sango Power House
Marina
Lagos
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP-TRANSFER OF US$25,500,000.00
I am Engr Imam Egobia ,a director in the project and planning
department of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), I head a
seven
man
Tenders Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment
approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and
reputable
person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves the
transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.
There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of
Multinationals in the power industry in favour of the (NEPA) among
which
were;
1) The expansion of Power line network within Nigeria for power
distribution.
2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Gas Turbines
in the country.
The original value of of these contracts were deliberately over
invoiced in the sum of Twenty Five million, Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars (US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and
now
ready to be transferred. However the companies that actually executed
the aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects
officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total
amount into your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil
servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service
Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the
transferred sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses
during
the course of this transaction, you will then be mandated to revert the
balance to us in due course.
You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the follwing
terms and conditions; our conviction of your transparent honesty and
dilligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.Modalities have been worked out at the
highest
levels
of the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and the
Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate
remittance
of the
funds within 10 -14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms. Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free
.
To accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual
security of funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed with
your name or any company you may nominate as the bona fide final
beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 25years in
the Civil Service of my country, I am very much averse to having my
image and career dented. This matter should therefore be treated with
utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate action as we are
well
behind schedule to enable us include this transfer in the Final
batch of the 2004 fiscal year contract payments.
Please if this request interest you reply me through this forwarded
email address zs21imam@speed-racer.com
Waiting for you urgent respond.
Best Regards
Engr ImamEgobia.
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