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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)
  • "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.
  • patrickude23@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: patrick ude <patrickude23@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: patrickude118@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:13:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: patrickude23@yahoo.com

>From the desk of: Eng.Patrick Ude

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)

Falomo Office Annex

Lagos Nigeria

Dear Sir,

Dear Friend,

I am Eng, PATRICK UDE chairman contract award committee for the petroleum

special trust fund.I know that these letters will come to you as a surprise

since we have not met in person. please bear with me. we are in search for a

reliable and honest partner abroad that we can entrust with the sum of

us$12.5

million.(twelve million five hundred thousand united state dollars These

funds

originated from contract we executed for the petroleum trust fund (PTF)

Purpose for the supply and installations of oil-pipeline to Port-Harcourt

and Warri Refineries.


This contract has been executed and full payments have been made to the

contractors who executed these contract leaving behind us$12.5 million as an

over-invoice amount for we the committee members. In view of this, my

colleagues have mandated me to look for a foreign partner abroad who will

receiveThese fund on our behalf. Which means that you will provide us with

any account of your choice where we can lodge these fund immediately.I will

be visiting your country upon your confirmation in receipt of fund in your

nominated account to know you better and discuss investment or importation

of goods back to our country.


DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUND IS AS FOLLOWS:30% of the total sum will be your

shareWhile 60% will be for me and my colleagues 10% will be an outstanding

amount to settle any incurred expenses during the transfer. WE ASSURE YOU

THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND VERY LEGITIMATE AS ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED BY US WITH OUR CONNECTION IN GOVERNMENT What

matters most is honesty on your side and for you to keep everything

confidential until this fund is dully remitted into your nominated account.

Upon the reciept of this mail message, feel free to send to me the

following, to enable us start the process.


1. Your full Names and contact address.

2. Your private telephone and fax numbers.


N:B

you will be better informed when I hear from you.

If this business interests you, please do not hesitate to email me as a

matter of urgency with your contact phone and fax numbers so that I can give

you more details. Cheers and God bless you.


Eng Patrick Ude.



- patrick ude

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