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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)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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 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.
  • idrisbaakoprivate@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "idrisbako212@terra.es" <idrisbako212@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 10:14:25 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: THE CHAIRMAN, TENDERS BOARD, F.M.P.M.R



THE CHAIRMAN, TENDERS BOARD, F.M.P.M.R
FROM THE DESK OF:
THE CHAIRMAN TENDERS BOARD,
F.M.P.M.R.

Sir,

It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this business proposal to you, I was assigned by two of my colleagues to seek for a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient Bank account in a designated Bank overseas for the transfer of US$86,000,000.00 (Eighty Six Million, United States Dollars only), pending our arrival in your country for utilization and disbursement of the fund with the owner of the account.

I got your contact through a search on internet and I decided to contact you for this, I am the Chairman, Tenders Board of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Lagos, nigeria.

On 25th January 2001, our Ministry, The Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, awarded a contract of US$600,000,000.00 (Six Hundred Million United States Dollars only), but my colleagues and I being members of the Contract award Committee over inflated the contract to the tune of US$686,000,000.00 (Six Hundred and Eighty Six Million, United States Dollars
only), with the intention of sharing the remaining balance of US$86,000.000.00 amongst ourselves.

The Contract has been successfully executed the contract and the actual contract value have been paid to him in full, leaving the balance of US$86,000,000.00 which we now want to transfer out of the country in our favor, making it look as if the payment for the contract has been
completed, since we as Government Officials are not permitted by Law to operate Foreign
bank accounts and secondly, we cannot collect the money from the source because the contract was undertaken by a foreign firm.

My colleagues and I have agreed that if you can act as the beneficiary of this fund (US$86,000,000.00), we will transfer the money to any of your nominated Bank account and you will retain 25% of the total fund for the assistance rendered by you, while we retain 65% of the total fund, and the balance of 10% will be set aside for the offsetting of all expenses that
might be incurred by both parties during the fund transfer process.

We are requesting you to co-operate with us and provide a convenient account number in a designated bank where this fund can be safely transferred into since this is our only chance of making something for ourselves after many years of service, We intend to come over there on the completion of the fund transfer to secure our own share of the fund. Please note that we have
been careful worked out all the modalities for a smooth transfer of the fund to your chosen designated Bank account before contacting you, We would therefore not want you to expose this proposal to anybody for the purpose of security and its confidential nature, We also believe you will not sit on our money when it is eventually transferred into your account, as you
would get 25% of the fund. Pleasebe rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, and the nature of your business has nothing to do with it.

If this proposal is accepted, please indicate your interest by contacting us through my mail address and sending us your Account number in a designated bank, Address of the bank, your full IDENTIFICATION, your private Telephone, Fax and mobile numbers.

On your acceptance, more details about this transaction will be given to you.
Contact me on my direct email : idrisbaakoprivate@o2.pl

Best regards.

Idris Baako.
THE CHAIRMAN, TENDERS BOARD, F.M.P.M.R







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