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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +2348032220051 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • jomoadams03@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3ajomoadams03@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "jomoadams02 Gazeta.pl" <jomoadams02@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:52:36 -0700
Subject: Attn:Beneficiary/Contractor(Reply Me Urgently)


*From Desk Of Dr Jomo Adams,
Director KTT/SWIFT PAYMENT UNIT
Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN).
Tel:+234-803-222-0051
Eamil:jomoadams03@hotmail.com <Eamil%3Ajomoadams03@hotmail.com>

Attn:Beneficiary/Contractor,

After waiting to hear from you for a long time now.l decided to make this
direct approach to you in other not to let it be as if I have anything in
mind against you.l do not know if you have asked yourself why each time the
release of this fund is approved,all of a sudden,the payment will be
stopped or one problem or the other will come up.if you have not asked this
question or you do not know, this is an opportunity for me to tell you.

Some time ago,your Nigerian friends, l mean the people that introduced you
to the project approached me through my dear wife who works with the Federal
Ministry Of Finance and requested me to assist them conclude a money
transfer deal they had with you. They requested me to assist them by
removing the original contractors name,company's name and bank particulars
from the Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN) vetting computer and replacing them
with your name and your bank details in order to make you appear as the
rightful beneficiary of this fund. I agreed on condition that they will pay
me US$400,000 as soon as your name appears as the beneficiary. I did as
agreed and demanded to be paid, but your friends started telling me
stories,they even told me you promised to send money to me. Do you know that
up till now,l have not received a single cent from them and have not set my
eyes on any of them.

Based on their attitude,l decided to stop the fund release movement because
l cannot be denied of my right in my own office considering the risk as it
might affect my job.Secondly,l know the source of the funds that you did not
execute any contract in Nigeria,although l am the only person privileged to
know this infromatin and it is a fact. Why l am making this clear to you is
that l can see that you are still making efforts in order to conclude this
project. Now l am ready to forget the past. l do not need the US$400,000 any
longer from you but a good compensation from your mind. l need your
assurance that those your colleagues will be tottally kept out of this
transaction. l know that none of them is aware of my new approach to you.
Stop spending your money unnecessarily to CBN Officers both here and
overseas because you will not receive this money without my hand in it .l
personally did the work at the begining and only me can perform it.

Finally,l need your promise that no official of the Central Bank Of Nigeria
will be aware of my involvement in this regard because of my position. Now
re-assure that you will be willing to compensate me,that you will assist my
wife to establish a foreign account in your country where my compensation
will be lodged. Also a KTT FUND RELEASE APPROVAL DOCUMENTS will be sent to
you for endorsement after which l will remit the money within 48 hours. l
am a man of my word.If you are ready to conclude this business with me,
kindly contact me on my mobile phone or email so that we can have a chat
over this issue once and for all. But if the reverse is the case, do not
bother yourself to reach me and forget about this money.

Best Regards*

*Dr Jomo Adams,
Director KTT/SWIFT PAYMENT UNIT
Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN).
Eamil:jomoadams03@hotmail.com <Eamil%3Ajomoadams03@hotmail.com>*

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