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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contract review panel" (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.
  • dmedwinmyles@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chika Ekeji" <chika2005@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: chika2005@lycos.com
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:19:07 -0700
Subject: Good Reward


Contract Award/ Review Committee
Federal Ministry Works & Housing
Northwest Ikoyi
Lagos Nigeria
Email id:chika2205@igmail.com.br <id%3Achika2205@igmail.com.br>

Dear friend,

*TRANSFER OF US$9.426M(Nine MILLION,FOUR HUNDRED& TWENTY SIX THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) & BUSINESS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.*

First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction,
this is by virtue of it's nature. We are top officials from the Federal
Ministry of Works & Housing (FMW&H), Federal Ministry of Finance[FMF] and
the Presidency, making up the Contract Review Panel (CRP) set up by the
Federal Government of Nigeria to review contracts awarded by the past
Military administration.

In the course of our work in the CRP, we discovered this fund which resulted
from grossly over-invoiced contracts which were executed for the FMW&H
during the last administration. The companies that executed the contract
have been duly paid and the contracts commissioned leaving the sum of
US$9.426M floating ready for payment.

I have therefore been mandated by my colleagues in the Panel to look for an
over-seas partner to whom we could transfer this sum of US$9.426m by Legally
sub-contracting the contract entitlement to you/company.This is bearing in
mind that our civil service code of conduct forbids us from owning foreign
companies or running foreign accounts while in Government service hence the
need for an over-seas partner.

We have agreed that the funds will be shared thus after it has been
transfered into your account: (1) 30% of the money will go to you for acting
as the beneficiary of the fund.
(2) 70% to us the Government officials (with which we wish to commence an
importation business in conjunction with you). All logistics are in place
and modalities worked out for the smooth conclusion of this transaction
within fourteen working days of commencement on receipt of the following
information from you:

Your name, telephone & fax numbers and company name/address.
These information will enable us make applications and lodge claims to the
concerned Ministries & agencies in your favour and it is pertinent to state
here that this transaction is entirely based on trust and same should be
our watchword. Please acknowledge receipt of this letter through my above
email address as thus :chika2005@igmail.com.br or my colleague's email id
thus dmedwinmyles@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,
Hon. Chika Ekeji
Chairman Contract Award/Review Committee.

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