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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:
  • "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.
  • dradamu444@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR ADAMU MOHAMMED <dradamu444@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dradamu68@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 06:03:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: dradamu444@yahoo.com

From: Dr. ADAMU MOHAMMED

Chief Financial Director

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Lagos - Nigeria

Sir,

INVESTMENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

It is my warmest pleasure writing you this confidential business offer irrespective of the fact that we have not met or done anything that will re-impose absolute confidence but nevertheless. I am very determined to communicate you with much beleive that you will give my proposal a consideration.


As earlier stated I am Dr. ADAMU MOHAMMED, a Financial Director working with Inec. My Agency is in charge of conducting elections in my country Nigeria and by the virtue of my unique position in office as the Chief Financial Director. I was elevated by the commission to become the chairman of foreign contract tender board committee whose responsibility is to award and supervise foreign contract to ensure it is executed promptly.


Consequently, I the chairman of the tender board committee in collaboration with two other top committee members over-invoiced certain contract for the supply of electoral equipments needed for the forth-coming elections in April 2003. The initial cost of the contract was pegged at US$50 million, base on the feasibility that was done but while submitting my report to the office of the presidency for final approval, we deliberately inflated the cost to an excess amount of US$ 30 million making the cost to be US$

80 million.


Right now, the gist of contacting you is we are having difficulties to claim the extra fund which is US$30million due to certain laws enacted by the government guiding civil service code of conduct Bureau which prohibits top civil servants working under Government establishment from operating offshore or foreign Account and this situation has kept us in a fix to openly come forward to claim the outstanding balance mentioned,hence after series of private meetings we decided to make contact in order to get a reliable foreign partner whom we will forward his or her credentials to claim the fund based on mutual trust and agreement.


In a nutshell, we need your assistance and support to claim this fund so that once the funds is claimed, we will be using for investment at the later time convenient for us, we will come over to your country after the funds must have been transferred to meet you and collect our own percentage while you will keep the rest as yours. For your support and total dedication to realize the objectives of this operation, you shall be entitled to 20% of the sum total while 80% of the fund belongs to the three officials involved in the deal.


Note, you are vividly assured that you will not be subjected to any kind of risk for your support and involvement in this venture because we havepiloted a good strategy to ensure the operations goes smoothly of which we have targeted two weeks duration to accomplished our Aim and should you find interest in this confidential transaction please let me have your response as quickly as possible and indicate your phone number to call you for a brief discussion.


Kindly treat this matter Absolutely confidential because the officials involved are still in service and some of us intend to resign our appointment immediately the transaction is finalized. I look forward to hearing positively from you while further details will be given as soon as I get your response.

Best Regards,

Dr. ADAMU MOHAMMED.

Pls let me have your number to call you to discuss on this

matter very well. please reply to me with my alternative

email address{for security reasons

- DR ADAMU MOHAMMED

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