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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "tax clearance" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • +2348053570585 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Manuel Ojiaku <m_ojiaku@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Procedure


Dear VICTIMNAME
How is health family and your work? I am glad at the opportunity to work with the son of my legend.Thank you very much for your response to my last mail. I just have to trust you hoping that you are a man of trust and honour and will not let me down either now or in the future.
As I explained in my first proposal, the funds are still in the Federal Government Account mark "Foreign Payments Only". We are only using our privileged positions in the Ministry, to manipulate the over-invoiced contract document so that it will be approved for payment. It is only a foreign company (expatriate) that can be used to apply, process and obtain payment for the contract amount. We, in our capacity as civil servant cannot process the payment on our own without the assistance of a foreign company with all the required information and also, the concerned Ministry might be contacting the beneficiary once the payment process is initiated. That is why you are important in this transaction as a foreigner. Please, read the following detailed procedure carefully:

I will attach to the message the Indemnity Form from the Nigerian National Petroleum Department which you will transcribe into your company letter headed paper and duly signed and stamped, This form will automatically authenticate your Right and Privileges to the Funds, once the form is processed and approved.On the approval of this form (Filled with your appropriate company and banking information), I will back it up with other vital and authentic documents from my Ministry, the documents includes (1) the Registration of your company with the Department of Petroleum Resources as a company to undertake contract of such amount with my Ministry; (2) the Works Departments approval of the Contract Payment; (3) One year tax clearance from Federal Ministry of Internal Revenue Department and other classified documents.

The second stage is the submission of all the above-mentioned documents with your bank particulars to the Federal Ministry of Finance to allocate the appropriate foreign exchange in favor of your company. This is the most important stage of this transaction for once the foreign exchange is approved and allocated to your company, we will be sure that the money must be remitted into your provided account. The Federal Ministry of Finance will in turn, after the approval of the foreign exchange allocation in your favor, issue payment instruction to the Central Bank of Nigeria for immediate payment.
Further directives will be given as we proceed but I want to assure you that within the next 14 - 21 working days, the money will be in your provided account for us. Please, fill-in the form I attached to you as a plain text and send it backs to me immediately to enable me proceed with the obtaining of those backup documents / approvals. Remember, the urgency and confidentiality this transaction required which all must observe parties involved for mutual benefits and successful conclusion of this transaction in due time.
However, what we need from you now is the guarantee that you will not disappoint after we must have suffered in remitting this money into your account,because so many lives is dependent on this transaction.

This business is 100% risk free and as such I will like you at this point to observe the level of confidentiality it deserves in order not to jeopardize this transaction or put us into trouble, because we are still in service. Endeavor to confirm your private telephone and fax numbers for secure communication. After the transcription of the information into your company's letter head paper, don't forget to sign and stamp for scanning of the document and send back to me as JPG attachment. I hereby enclose my private telephone number as follow; +234-80-53570585 for you to call for more explanantion and below are the transcription letter.

I await your urgent response and call.
God Bless.
Regards,

Manuel Ojiaku
Nb: this email address is private just for me and you.
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TEXT “A”

TRANSCRIBE ON YOUR LETTER HEAD
THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX, IKOYI
P. M. B. 12701, LAGOS
RE: CONTRACT NO: NNPC/PED/9153/VOL-4/KADREF SUPPLY
AN INSTALLATION OF CALIBRATION (ARC, 14.06.1) AND TERMINATION OF PIPELINES AT PORT
HARCOURT & KADUNA REFINERIES.

SIR,
WITH REFERENCE TO YOUR LETTER NNPC/PED/VOL. 03225-DATED 14TH OF SEPTEMBER 1999 AND ARTICLE 35, WE TAKE THE LIBERTY TO SUBMIT TO YOU THE ATTACHED INVOICE NO:............. FOR THE AMOUNT OF US$25,500,000 (IN WORDS) TWENTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD BEING THE FINAL PAYMENT DUE TO US ON COMPLETION OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CONTRACT.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT AMENDMENT HERETO, KINDLY REMIT THE AMOUNT IN FULL TO OUR UNDERMENTIONED ACCOUNT.
BANKER NAME:..........................................
BANKER ADDRESS:.......................................
BANKER FAX/TEL NO:....................................
ACCOUNT NO:...........................................

BANKER TELEX NO:......................................
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
............................................................................................................
TEXT “B”
TRANSCRIBE ON YOUR LETTER HEAD
THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX, IKOYI
P. M. B. 12701, LAGOS

INVOICE NO:

QUALITY DESCRIPTION TOTAL


ITEM 1: SUPPLY OF CALIBRATION (ARC 14.06.1) AND TERMINATION OF PIPELINES AT PORT
HARCOURT & KADUNA REFINERIES US$10,500,000

ITEM 2: INSTALLATIONS CERTIFIED OFFICIAL INVOICE THIS WAS QUOTED AND PAYABLE IN U.S. DOLLARS ONLY US$15,000,000

CONTRACT SITE: PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
CONTRACT TYPE: INDUSTRIAL
A/C DEPT NO: B600-23
CORPORATE CODE: COG-4211
TOTAL US$25,500,000
YOURS FAITHFULLY,



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