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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • jmekalu@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES MMELU KALU <jmekalu@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:48:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Payment release


NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

>From the desk of: Dr James Mmelu Kalu
Executive Director/Financial Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)
Falomo Office Annex
Lagos Nigeria
Dear Sir,


REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


I am the financial controller of Nigerian NationalPetroleum Corporation (NNPC). I got your Contact address from anassociate working with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council. I and mycolleagues are officials in charge of offshore remittance in thisCorporation (NNPC).We are seeking your assistance to transfer of Forty Two Million USDollars (US$42,000,000.00) to your account for further privateinvestment. This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract amountfor the construction of an Oil Refinery Sub- Stations in Nigeria in1999. The contract was valued for one Hundred and Twenty Seven MillionUnited States Dollars(US$127,000,000.00), but we manipulated thefigure to read one Hundred and Sixty Nine Million United StatesDollars($169,000,000.00) The extra $42,000,000.00 is what we want totransfer now.This contract has been completely executed and the contractors havebeen paid their contract less this $42,000,000.00. which is in asuspense account with the Central Bank of Nigeri!
a,
thenations apex bank. For your assistance, we have agreed to remunerateyou with 15% because it is impossible for us to claim the amountwithout foreign collaboration. 5% has been mapped out for anymiscellaneous expenses that may be incurred by either party duringthis business.It may interest you to know that four years ago, we carried out asimilar transaction with one Mr. Patrice Miller, the President ofCraine International Trading Corporation at number135 East 57th Street, 28th Floor,New York.10022 with Tel: 212-308-7788and TLX number 6731689. Mr. Patrice disappeared into thin air when hereceived the money. His Telephone and Telex numbers had beenreallocated to other users by the time we arrived.This explains exactly why we will make a concrete agreement betweenus, should you be willing to do this deal.All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of thismoney have been worked out. This transaction is 100% risk free butrequires 100 percent confidentiality. Yo!
u canrest
assured that your security has been considered before you were contacted.PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:jmekalu@yahoo.com , I await your urgent response.Best Regards,Dr.James Mmelu Kalu





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