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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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 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.
  • royjefferson1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NNPC NIG" <infonnpcnig000110@gmail.com>
Reply-To: royjefferson1@myway.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:33:20 -0700
Subject: URGENT REPLY.


FROM THE DESK OF MR.ROY JEFFERSON.
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER NNPC,IKOYI LAGOS- NIGERIA:
SOUTH REGIONAL HEADQUATERS.
PRIVATE EMAIL, royjefferson1@myway.com

ATTN:SIR/ MADAM,
PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF FIFTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDREED THOUSAND USDOLLARS
(US$15.7M) TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.Your contact address got to me via export
promotions council, your reliability and trustworthiness In business
transaction was the main conviction that compelled me to solicit for your
support in this deal.

I am the Financial Controller of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) Lagos, Nigeria and secretary to the Contract Award Committee of my
Ministry.In collaboration with my colleagues, we have agreed to transfer out
of the Country through UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC (UBN) this amount and we
will later reinvest it abroad after the success of this transaction. The
amount involved is FIFTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDREED THOUSAND
USDOLLARS,(US$15,700,000.00)

This is as a result of over inflated amount of a contract.The contract has
been already executed and the original contractor had collected his full and
final payment. In as much as this contract was awarded to a Foreign
Contractor and the payment in dollars, we now need a Foreign firm that will
present itself as the contractor for this amount of FIFTEEN MILLION, SEVEN
HUNDREED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$15,700,000.00) and then the fund will be
transferred into your account.Since we do not want to use the orginal
contractor in applying for the payment, because the Contractor is not aware
of this over-invoiced sum.

Therefore, I as the Financial Controller was told to write you by my
colleagues and see the success of the remittance immediately, you will
however, be required to furnish us with these necessary information.

1. Your personal phone and fax number for easy communication.
2. Name and Address of your Bank, Phone, Fax and Telex numbers.
3. Your Account number where this money will be lodged into and the
Beneficiaries name.

It could be personal or corporate. These information will enable us put
APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the release of this money from concerned Government
Agencies and it will last for ten working days.

For your assistance we have agreed that the fund will be shared as follows:
You as the Account Owner 20% Miscellaneous Expenses 5% Officials Involved
75%

Now,we assure you that all arrangements have been concluded for the success
of this transaction, so if you are interested,kindly expidate immediate
action by sending to me the above mentioned datas.

Yours faithfully.
MR.ROY JEFFERSON..

Please do reply me on this e-mail address
(royjefferson1@myway.com )

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