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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)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348033075159 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • tonyedeh_77@yahoo.com.vn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tonnyedeh777@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?TONY=20EDEH?= <tonyedeh_77@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: tonnyedeh777@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 19:55:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TOP REVALUTION


Tôi có thư mới!Bây giờ bạn có thể gửi thư điện tử cho tôi tại: tonyedeh_77@yahoo.com.vn

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

TINUBU SQUARE VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

Email:tonnyedeh777@yahoo.it



From the office of:

Dr. Tony Edeh Chairman/Director K.T.T UNIT (CBN)



Dear Friend,



RE: UNPAID CONTRACT SUM.



After waiting to hear from you or your Nigeria partners for a long

time now, I decided to make this direct approach to you in other

not to let it be as if I have anything in mind against you. I do

not know if you have asked yourself why each time the release of

these fund is approved, all of a sudden,, the payment will be stopped

or one problem or the other will come up. If you have not asked

this question or you do not know, this is an opportunity for me to tell you.



Some time ago, your Nigerian friends, I mean the people that introduced

you to the project approached me through my dear Wife who works

with the Federal Ministry of Finance and requested me to assist

them conclude a money transfer deal they had with you, they requested

me to assist them by removing the original contractor Â’s name, companyÂ’

s name and bank particulars from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

vetting computer and replacing them with your name and your bank

details in order to make you appear as the rightful beneficiary

of this funds. I agreed on condition that they will pay me $100,000

as soon as your name appears as the beneficiary. I did as agreed

and demanded to be paid but your friends started telling me stories.

They even told me that you promise to send money to me. Do you know

that up till now, I have not received a single cent from them and

have not set my eyes on any of them.



Based on their attitude, I decided to stop the funds release movement

because I cannot be denied of my right in my own office considering

the risk as it might affect my job. Secondly, I know the source

of the funds and you did not execute any contract in Nigeria, although

I am the only person privileged to know this information and it

is a fact. Why I am making this clear to you is that I can see

that you are still making efforts spending money in order to

conclude this project. Now I am ready to forget the past, I do not

need the $100,000 any longer from you but a share of 25% of the

total sum. I need your assurance that those your colleagues will

be totally keep out of this transaction, I know that none of them

is aware of this transaction after trying their best to conclude it without my consent.



Finally, I need your promise that no official of the Nigerian National

Petroleum Corporation or Central Bank of Nigeria will be aware of

my involvement in this regard. Now re-assure me that you will be

willing to offer me the 25% of the fund, that you will assist my

wife and personal assistant to establish a foreign account in your

country where my share will be lodged.


If you are ready to conclude this business with me, you can contact

me immediately on my private email above, so that we can have chat

over this issue once and for all so that we can move forward.But

if the reverse is the case, do not bother yourself to reach me.



Regards,



DR. Tony Edeh Director K.T.T UNIT CB.N).

TEL:234-803-307-5159



- TONY EDEH

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