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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.
• 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.
  • +2348023881203 (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.
  • ejirowilliams@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ejiro william <ejirowilliams@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:40:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION MRS LOVISA VOGELDER


ATTN:Ms lovisa Vogelder

FINAL APPROVED REMMITTANCE INSTRUCTION ON TRANSFER
OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT

Following the Federal Government Mandate of 2004 over
Foreign Payment and Debt, the Presidency has finally
granted a final approval to your payment.
We have also attached this along to PRESIDENT
OLUSEGUN OBASANJO with a payment approval notice
RE-22XXY36.

Meanwhile, your Local Representatives here in Nigeria
have submitted your bank details to us where these
funds is to be transferred from our federation Oil
Trust Account . As a matter of urgency and
appropriateness, do cross-check this submitted bank
details of yours as forwarded by your Local
Representative to ensure accuracy. The account is
hereby stated below.

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK-INNALOO WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
BRANCH CODE : 088 270
swift code : NATAAU 3306 P
ACCOUNT # : 67
444 8231

To this effect, you are therefore mandated to confirm
the above stated bank account before final
remittance, During the event of your reconfirmation
to me, we also advised that you should refer to the
below fund release numbers.

RELEASE CODE: = CBN/CBN/XXCY/WK3/008/03
SEQUENCE NUMBER = NNCB/B12/0XX/03
REFERENCE = CBN/0080/02/03
TRANSACTION NUMBER = CBN/R0/00XX/03
SWIFT NUMBER = CBN/FGN/NXXWFT/3203
FOREX ALLOCATION NO:= FGN/CBN/360XYX/2003/XXZ

We at the same time apologize for the continuous
delay over the final approval of this payment. This
was as a result of irregularities and gross
mis-crediting of funds in the past by Government
Agents . Moreover, we thank you very much for your
kind
endurance so far.

You should desist from communicating with any office
of any kind or person(s) for us to have smooth
transfer as programmed.

Thanks for working with Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Expecting your prompt response/Call .
Yours Faithfully
MRS EJIRO WILLIAMS
ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
MINISTERY OF FINANCE
Tel:234-80-23881-203
ejirowilliams@yahoo.com



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