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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ahmed20062006@myway.com
  • ahmedee_2005ahmed@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohammed Ahmed" <ahmedee2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:42:21 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Reply directly to my private email
address: ahmed20062006@myway.com OR ahmedee_2005ahmed@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Friend,
We wish to solicit for your assistance to provide us with a solution
to a money transfer of US$60 MILLION.I got your contact through our
chamber of commerce here in Nigeria,and a careful study of your business
activities confirms that you are the one we need. We are members of
the special committee newly constituted by the present civilian
administration of President Olusegun Obasonjo. Our duty is to review all
contracts awarded to foreign firms/contractors from the Ministry of
Petroleum from 1993 up-date.I have sent you this proposal before and I
want
to confirm if you have recieved it.
It may interest you to know that most of the contracts awarded were
over invoiced or inflated.One of such contract has been
identified.The said contract was originally executed by an Italian
based firm (STRABERG ITALIANO SPA) in 1996, to supply 250,000 MONAX
TURBINE POLYPROPYLENE and 150,000 BPSD for Kaduna refinery. Pipeline
reconstruction and computer optimization for plants "A" to Kaduna
refinery, as part of the measure taken to aid the turn around
maintenance to recoup the almost collapsed refineries in Nigeria.
The total amount approved by the then Military Government was put at
USD126 MILLION. The actual amount used for executing the contract was
estimated to be USD 186 MILLION, which has since been paid to the
foreign contractor.The remaining USD 60 MILLION was inflated. The over
inflated amount is lying in one of the countrys apex escrow bank
account Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN),waiting to be dispatched to a
designated account.More information shall be made known to you on the
positive confirmation from your goodself that you are willing to
assist
us in the completion of the under stated Proposal. Secondly,we need
the name of your choice company and address, tel/fax Numbers.We shall
use this information to prepare a deed of transfer from the original
contractor subletting part of the contract to your company. By so
doing, your company will be created as artificial contractor, thus can
lay cliam to the inflated amount. My colleagues and I have agreed to
compensate the owner of the account used for this transaction with
20% of the total amount remitted.We shall keep 70% and 10% will be
reserved for taxes and other miscellaneous expenses. We intend to
consumate this transaction with the shortest possible time based on your
cooperation and support.

CHANCES:The chances of success is sure, having succeded in moving
USD5MILLION to an account in Hong- Kong, save for the mischief of the
account owner, We would have been throuigh with this project. Besides,
we have the support of colleagues from other reknowned Government
departments, our chances of success is as good as gold.
ADIVSE: This project demands mutual
Support,commitment,confidentiality and trust. Delay is dangerous.Therefore,
we disre to consistent and
purposeful participation as we thread the part of greatness.
Endeavour to reply through my pravite email address:
ahmed20062006@myway.com OR ahmedee_2005ahmed@yahoo.co.uk
Looking forward to your soonest response.
ALHAJI AHMED MOHAMMED

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