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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:
  • "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your payment is being processed" (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)
  • "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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (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.
  • anderson_ebk1111@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ANDERSON EBOKUN" <andersonebokun009@upchelsea.com>
Reply-To: anderson_ebk1111@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:34:14 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION




[OFFICE OF THE INTERNAL
AFFIARS DIRECTOR]

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION
CONTRACT #:
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK ,
A/C#: 32960612449g8

FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

Attn Honorable Contractor

We apologies, for the delay of your contract part payment and all the
inconveniences and inflict that we might have indulge you through. However, we
were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is
inexplicable,
and have held us stranded and indolent, not having the aspiration to
devote our
100% assiduity in accrediting foreign contract payments. We apologies once
again.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal
Government of Nigeria your name and address is on the list major contractors
who have not received their payments for the Federal Plateau Project.
I wish to
inform you that your payment is being processed and will be deliver to your
door step as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from
the record
in my file your outstanding contract payment is USD$65.7 Millions Dollars but
what we are going to pay you now is $12.million dollars the rest of your money
will be pay to you in next four month.

Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your
record and
also re-confirm to me the followings
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) position and address.
4) Profession , age.
5)equity line of credit yes or no..
As soon as this information is received and confirmed, your payment will be
deliver to you through diplomatic means in your country from Central Bank of
Nigeria, Get back to me immedaitely. As a result of the on-going drive of the
Government to update its books and clear payment to contractors, I strongly
recommend that you promptly start your clearance as soon as possible for more
clearification and for immediate delivery of your consignment box to your door
step.

Reply To This My Email anderson_ebk1111@yahoo.com

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN,

Yours sincerely,
Eng Anderson Ebokun
Internal Affiars Director
Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation.(NNPC)

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