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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:
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348035237070 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: chinedu joseph <chinedu_joseph_18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <chi_jos_206@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:02:59 +0000
Subject: Expecting your prompt response.



Nigerian National petroleum corporation(NNPC). Contract / Finance Department:N.N.P.C. Building,7,Kofo Abayomi Str, Victoria Island,lkoyi, Lagos-Nigeria P.M.B.2563.
Dear Managing Director,
The prompting of this mail is to solicit your partnership/assistance over a transaction would certainly boost the financial position of all parties involved, when concluded. I am an accountant with the Nigerian National petroleum corporation(NNPC). Indeed, we are making payments to some foreign contractors who our Federal Government owed some Financial obligation. In the ongoing exercise, we observed a surplus budget in excess of Sixty Million, Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only(USD$60,600,000.00) On further investigations, we discovered that this excess fund was as a result of Over-invoice margin on contract sums approved by the former officials of Contract Award Committee which awarded those contracts during the former military regime. It is this over-invoiced sum that my colleagues and I are collaborating to siphon out to a foreign bank account abroad for our benefit. We have made arrangements to this effect, in every relevant government sectors/offices, especially the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN ) for a hitch free transaction. But we realized that it's imperative to involve a foreigner in order to succeed because the said contracts were executed by foreign firms, also, as ordinary civil servant, we do not have the necessary capital to handle this operation because of the financial expenses required to set up and successfully conclude the operation; that is why it become necessary to source for the partnership / assistance of Overseas company or individuals with the necessary capability to handle the transaction and receive these funds in his bank account, on our behalf and hold safely until our arrival for final disbursement,hence this letter. Consequently, it has been unanimously agreed that for your financial cooperation and on successful conclusion of the proposed transaction, all expenses you incurred in the successful actualization of the transaction would first be reimbursed to you after which you will receive 30% of the total sum remitted and what remains comes to us the Nigerian counterparts/ partners. Therfore, if you are interested and capable to work exclusively with us to achieve this goal, pls; indicate your interest through the e-mail address above. Looking forward to your consideration and early response upon the receipt of this letter. Yours faithfully, Enger.Chinedu Joseph.Tel:+234-8035237070.


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