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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: tunde lemo <tundelemo_777@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: engrtundelemo_778@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:12:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Engineer Tunde Lemo


From the Desk of the Secretary
Contract Award Committee
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
N.N.P. C Building, Ikoyi-Lagos.

Dear Sir,


I am Engineer Tunde Lemo, Operations Manager and the Secretary of the Contract Award Committee of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) I am mandated by my colleagues to crave your indulgence in assisting us to transfer $200.5million US Dollars to any of your reliable account overseas.

The said fund $200.5million in question resulted from contract over invoiced we perfected when we awarded contract for the construction of OSO Crude Oil Evacuation pipe-line network.

Now that the individual contractors have received their supposed contract funds respectively, we want to transfer the over invoiced fund US$200.5million to your nominated account number for immediate sharing / Investments.

All the necessary modalities have been perfected with the officials of the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) for onward transfer of the fund abroad.

Thus, if you have the capacity to prosecute this transaction, I advice you send to me the following vital information of yours:-

1) Your full contact address along with your direct telephone / fax number for easy communication.
2) The account number this fund would be transferred into with the full contact address of the bank.

My colleagues and I have resolved to offer you 30% of the total money. 5% would be mapped out to offset all the contingent expenses in the course of the transaction while the remaining 65% will be shared among the concerned officials here.

Be informed, top most secrecy must be observed through out this transaction for security reasons.

I look forward to receiving your quick response via my private email:engrtundelemo_778 yahoo.com

Yours sincerely,
Engr. Tunde Lemo.


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