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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "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.
  • e_stephen_kach@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "okafor uchechi" <mia_chambers@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:52:08 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PETROLEUM AND PROJECT DIVISION
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

ATTENTION:


This letter is not intended to cause any embarrasment in whatever form,
rather is compelled to contact your esteemed self, following the knowledge
of you high repute and trustworthiness.Firstly i must solicit yor
confidenciality, this is by the virtue of it's nature as urtterly
confidencial and top secret though i know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but i am assuring yiu
that all will be well at the end of the day. A bold step takig shall not be
regreated i assure you.


I am Engr.STEPHEN KACHIKU and i head a seven(7)man tender board in charge of
contract awards and payment approvals. I got to know you when i was
searching for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidencial
business transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sume of money to
a foreign account,requiring maximum confidence. my collleagues and i are top
officials of the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC) our duities
includes, vetting,evaluation and foreseen the maintainance of the refineries
in all the designated oil pipelines.We are therfore solicitig for your
assitance to enable us transfer into your account a said funds.our country
losses a lot of money everyday that is why the internatinal community is
very careful and warning thier citizens to be careful,but i tell you a trial
will convience you.


The source of funds is as follows, during the last military regime here in
Nigeria this commitee awarded a contract of $400millon to a group of five(5)
construction companies on behalf of the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION(NNPC) for the construction of oil pipelines in
KADUNA,PORT-HARCOURT,WARRI REFINARIES, during the process we deliberately
inflated the total contract sum to the tune of $428millon with the intension
of sharing the inflated sum of $28millon.
The Gorvernment has since approved the sum of $428millon for us as the
contract sum, but since the contract is only worth $400millon, the remaining
$28millon is what we inted to transfer to a reliable and save offshore
account, we are pohibited to operate foreign account in our names since we
are still in Government.Thus,making it impossible for us to acquire the
money in our name. Right now, i have therefore been delegated as matter of
trust by my colleagues to look for an oversea partner into whos account we
can transfer the sum of $28millon. We have decided if you/your company can
be the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you and your company will
retain 20% of the total sum and 75% will be for us. The remaining 5% will be
used for offsetting all debts/expenses incurred during this transaction.


We have decided that this transaction can only proceed under the following
conditions.
1.That you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
and conviction of your transparent honesty.

2.That upon the reciept of the funds you will release the funds as
instructed by us after you have removed your share of 20%.please acknowledge
the receipt of this letter using the above telephone number 234-1-7756493 or
e-mail e_stephen_kach@yahoo.com to contact me. I will bring you into the
nomenclature of this transaction when i have heard from you.your urgent
response will be highly appreciated as we are catching on the next payment
schedule for the financial quarter.

Please be assured that this transaction is 100% legal/risk free. only trust
can make the reality of this transaction.


Best Regards,
ENGR.KACHIKU.

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