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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "contract review panel" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • leemaeba20@yahoo.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • leemaeba0001@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?lee?= <leemaeba20@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: leemaeba0001@myway.com
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 17:23:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: No Banking InfoRequired


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: leemaeba20@yahoo.com.mx

No Banking InfoRequired

Mr Lee Maeba

Federal Ministry of Works & Housing

Ikoyi Lagos. Nigeria.

Date: 14/05/2006

First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction,

this is by virtue of it's nature as been utterly confidential and top

secret as you were introduced to us in confidence through the

Nigerian/Gambian Chambers ofCommerce, Foreign Trade division, during an official assignment to Banjul.

We are top officials from the Federal Ministry of Works & Housing

(FMW&H), Federal Ministry of Finance and the Presidency, making up theContract Review Panel (CRP) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to review contracts awarded by the past Military administration.

In the course of our work in the CRP, we discovered this fund which resultedf rom grossly over-invoiced contracts which were executed for the FMW&Hduring the last administration. The companies that executed the contract have been duly paid and thecontracts commissioned leaving the sum of USD26.426M floating in the Escrow account of the Central Bank of Nigeria readyfor payment.

I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the Panel to look for an over-sea partner to whom we could transfer the sum ofUSD26.426M by Legally subcontracting the contract entitlement to your company.This is bearing in mind that our civil service code of conduct forbids us from owning foreign companies or running foreign accounts while in Government service hence the need for an over-sea partner.

We have agreed that the fund will be shared thus after it has been

transferred into your account;

(1) 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the fund.

(2) 65% to us the Government officials (with which we wish to commence an importation business in conjunction with you)

(3) 5% has been set aside as an abstract projection for reimbursement to both parties forincidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction.

All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the

smooth conclusion of the transaction within ten to fourteen working days of commencement, after receipt of the following information from you: Your company name, address, company's details and activities, telephone & fax numbers.These information will enable us make applications and lodge claims to the concerned Ministries & agencies in favor of your company and it is pertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely based on trust as the Bank Draft or Certified Cheque drawable in any of the Central Bank of Nigeria correspondent Bankers in America is going to be made in your name.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter by using this

alternative address: at: leemaeba0001@myway.com

Yours faithfully,

Mr Lee Maeba

NB. Bank Account details not necessary, as preferred mode of payment is by draft or cheque.

- lee

- lee

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