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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)
  • "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 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.
  • ernestnig01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:49:47 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTN:_BENEFICIARY.?=



Central Bank of Nigeria
FROM THE DESK OF

DR. ERNEST C EBI,

DIRECTOR INT'L OPERATIONS,

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN).

TEL: +234-1-762-0542.

FAX: +234-1-775-7721.

EMAIL: ernestnig01@hotmail.com



ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
After waiting to hear from you or your Nigerian partners for a long time now. l decided to make this direct approach to you as one of my new year resolution 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 this project approached me through my dear wife who works with the Federal Ministry Of Finance and requested that I assist them to conclude a money transfer deal they had with you. They requested that I 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$100,000 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 information 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$100,000 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. I personally did the work from 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 me 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 email or drop your phone and fax numbers 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 fund.

BEST REGARDS.
DR.ERNEST C EBI.
DIRECTOR INT'L OPERATIONS.




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