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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • sandralinda54@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR MARINS EZE <sandralinda54@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: drmartinsezes@o2.pl
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:30:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: THE CHAIRMAN,TENDERS


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: sandralinda54@yahoo.com

FROM THE DESK OF: THE CHAIRMAN,TENDERS

BOARD, F.M.P.M .R. DR FRANK EZEGO.

E-mail : drmartinsezes@o2.pl

CONFIDENTIAL / URGENT BUSSINESS PROPOSAL.

It is with trust and confidence that i write to reveal

this bussiness proposal to you.I was assigned by two

of

my colleagues to seek for a foreign partner who will

assist

us in providing a convenient account in a designated

bank

overseas for the transfer of

US$28, 600,000.00 [Twenty Eight Million,Six Hundred

Thousand

United States Dollars only],

pending on our arrival in your country for utilization

and disbursement

of the the fund with the owner of the account.

I am the Chairman,Tenders Board of the

Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral

Resources,Lagos,Nigeria.

On 25th January 1998,

our Ministry,The Federal Ministry of Petroleum and

Mineral Resources,

awarded a contract of US$200,000,000.00 [Two Hundred

Million United

States Dollars only], but my colleagues and I being

members of the contract

award commitee over inflated the contract to the tune

of US$ 228,600,000.00

[Two Hundred and Twenty Eight Million, Six Hundred

Thousand United States Dollars only], with the

intention of sharing the remaining balance of US$

28,600.000.00[Twenty

Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States

Dollars only]amongst ourselves.

The contract has been successfully executed and the

actual contractors

have just been paid their US$ 200,000,000.00 only in

full,leaving a balance of

US$28,600,000.00 which we now want to transfer out of

the country in our fevour,

making it look as if the payment for the contract has

been completed,since we as government officials are

not permited by Law to operate Foreign bank accounts

and

secondly,we cannot collect the money from the source

because the contrct was undertaken by a foreign firm.

My colleagues and I have agreed if you/your company

can act as the benefiaciary of this

fund[US$28,600,000.00], we will transfer the money

to your account and you will retain 30% of the fund

for the assistace rendered,while we

retain 60% of the total fund, and the balance of 10%

of the balance will be set aside

for the offsetting of all expenses that might be

incurred by both parties during the fund

transfer process.

we are requesting you to co-operate with us and

provide a convenient account number in a designated

bank where this fund can be safely transferred into

since this is our only

chance of making something for ourselves after many

years of service. we intend to come over there on the

completion of the fund transfer to secure our own

share of the fund.

Please note that we have been careful and worked out

all the modalities for a smooth

transfer of the the fund to your chosen or designated

account before contacting you.we

would therefore not want you to expose this proposal

to anybody for the purpose of security and its

confidential nature. we also believe you will not sit

on our money when it is eventually transferred into

your accounts,as you would get 30% of the fund.

Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100%

risk free, and the nature your bussiness has nothing

to do with it. If this proposal is accepted, please

indicate your interest by contacting us through the

E-mail drmartinsezes@o2.pl

and sending us your Account number in a designated

bank,

Address of the bank,your company name, and your

Tel/fax numbers.On your

acceptance ,more details about this transaction will

be given to you.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Martins Eze.






- DR MARINS EZE

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