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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:
  • "from the desk of" (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.
  • dr_frecodemo@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Freco Demo" <frecodemo2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_frecodemo@myway.com
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:50:20 -0600
Subject: CONTACT ME IN MY OFFICE

>From the Desk of: Dr. Freco Demo,
Director: Project Accountant of the
Contract Award Committee
Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) Nigeria.

Dear Sir.

Thanks you for you email? My Namr is Dr. Freco Demo. Project Accountant of
the Contract Award Committee of the Nigerian ational Petroleum Company
(NNPC) Nigeria,

In Apirl/20/2003 my cooperation was awarded some contracts for refurbishing
of the petro-chemical complex at Eleme,supply and installation of rigging
and drilling eqiupment and repairing of Warri and Port-Harcourt Refineries
for $420,000,000.00 but with my privileged position , the contract value was
over-invoiced to $434,000,000.000, this benefits me and my department (US$14
Million) ,000,000 as over invoiced.

On August/16/2004 ,the foregign contractor that we awarded the contract
received their full payments from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

In this view,we require an honest and trustworthy person who will not betray
our trust to use his / her company and account to transfer out the balance
of the over in-voiced before we could share it, because if we use our local
account for the tranfer, (CBN) will suspect us.

That is why we want to bestow this trust on you and it is our sincere wish
that you do not betray us .So it is because of the balance of (US$14
Million) which we now have left that we are sending you this confidential
e-mail ,we have favoured an incentive of 15% to you as the account owner and
10% to offset all expenses that might be incured on the process of the
tranfer, while the remaining 85% will for me and my department.

Confirm to me your trustworthiness and acceptance of this proposal,
Please your urgent response is greatly required and should you not be in a
position to assist,kindly inform me as quickly as possible so that i could
make an alternative arrangement.

Best Regards.

Please Contact.
My (NNPC) Director,
Dr. Freco Demo,
E-mail Address: (dr_frecodemo@myway.com)

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