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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348036132278 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "from from" <from_from12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: samson_igela@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:34:58 -0700
Subject: Very Very Urgent

ATTENTION

Dear Friend,


RE PROPOSAL FOR THE TRANSFER OF US$73.5 IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

You may be suprised to receive this letter ,but in
my bid to seek for a trustworthy and reliable person
to assist me carry out this profitable business
transaction, I got your contact through our ministry
of commerce / trade And World Web site.


Your name and address apeared
in one of the yellow pages and World Web Site .though i did not disclose
to anyone the purpose for which i needed your contact
because of the peculiar nature of the transaction i
wan to carry out with you .


Let me introduce myself as Dr.Samson Mosheshe, an
Auditor and Accountant General with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Coorporation (NNPC), a government parastatal
,responsible for the exploration and sale of Nigerian
crude oil .

Sometimes in 1998,an Italian Oil Company( AGIP) was awarded a
contract for the TURN AROUND MAINTANANCE(TAM)with CONTRACT NUMBER:NNPC
CONTRACT/PED7-11/WED4/98. of(Three Refineries) Warri
refinery, Portharcurt Refinery And Kaduna Refinery.The contract was
over-invoiced ,by myself and
two other directors .At the moment the Italian firm
have been paid their original contract sum leaving the
balance of US$73.5M circulating in an account at the
central bank of Nigeria(CBN).

our predicament at the moment bothers on
that as civil servants, we are not allowed to own and
operate a foreign account ,hence we require an
individual or a company whose foreign account will
absorb this amount without raising any eyebrows.

We shall be pleased if you will provide us with the
particulars of the bank account that will absorb this
fund . This business will last for about (7) working
days and it is risk-free. The personalities involved
will not like anything that will tarnish their
reputation.

My self and my colloeagues have agreed to
give you 30%of the total fund ,60%for us and 10%set aside
for expences ,both local and international.
I will like you to send to me your private telephone
and fax numbers for easy communication.And as soon as
we receive your account particulars,we shall commence
immediatelly to process the pay ment .

And it shall be confidential to every body
around you for security reasons.


I advise you to acquire a private internet e-mail to
avoid interception.please i await your urgent reply.
thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Samsons Mosheshe.

Director:Accounts.NNPC.

Tel:234-8036 132278.

Fax:234 6 111-7030.

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