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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "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.
  • engrdenis2001@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr Denis Harrison" <infor@nnpc.nig.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: engrdenis2001@myway.com
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 03:08:10 -0700
Subject: Please kindly mail me as soon as you recieve this message thank.

Dear Sir,

BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I ENGR. DENIS HARRISON, Group Managing director of the Contract Tender Board Committee of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Warri, Delta State. After due consultation with other members of the Committee, I have been mandated to arrange and negotiate for a trusted
foreign firm or individual account overseas for a possible transfer of some fund being an over invoiced sum resulting from various contracts executed by foreign companies for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
NATURE OF CONTRACT:
1. Supply of B.P.S.D chemical, erection and system optimization of super polypro for Warri Refinery.
2. Supply of capacity turbine flow axle, and computerized conveyor for plant A-D Warri Refinery.
3. Activation of axle turbine pipes flow plants and liters flow for Kaduna Refinery.
OBJECTIVES:
It should be noted that original value of these contracts were purposely over invoiced by my committee (the Contract Tender Board Committee) with the sum of Twenty-two million, Eight Hundred thousand United States Million dollars $22.8M). Now, all firms involved in this contract have been paid accordingly and the project commissioned. As a result, we want to transfer this inflated sum to a trusted Oversea Partner as the true beneficiary, through the Central Bank of Nigeria as we Civil Servants Nigeria are not allowed to operate foreign Account.
BENEFIT:
We have agreed to give you 25% of the amount, while 10% will be set aside to offset any expenses incurred during the transaction. 65% will be for my colleagues and me.

REQUIREMENT:
All modalities have efficiently and confidentially been worked out with the top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this fund into your Account within the short best possible time of receiving the following information from you:
THE NAME OF YOUR BANK:-
ITS ADDRESS:-
TEL/FAX NUMBERS:-
THE ACCOUNT NUMBER:-
THE BENEFICIARY'S NAME:-
YOUR PRIVATE TEL/FAX NUMBER:-
HOUSE ADDRESS:-
In receipt of this information, all arrangements shall be perfected here for a successful and hitch-free transfer of this fund to your Account. Utmost confidentiality and trust is highly needed. All your replies should be strictly on my direct e-mail address (engrdenis2001@sify.com)

This transaction is 100% risk free and does not depend on any specific field of trade. Reach me on the above email if you are interested in my proposal.
Best Regards,
ENGR DENIS HARRISON,
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR OF (NNPC)

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