419 scam: "Engr.Lamin Bojang" <engrlamn.bojang@engineer.com> Hello Dear

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contract award committee" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr.Lamin Bojang" <engrlamn.bojang@engineer.com>
Reply-To: engr.lamnb@engineer.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:15:11 +0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear,

I am Engr.Lamin Bojang the chairman of the contract award committee of the Construction
and Infrastructure Ministry of Works here in The Gambia. For security reasons, I may not
wish to disclose the most important thing for now until I hear from you. After due
deliberation with my partners, I decided to forward to you this business proposal, we
want you to assist us receive contract bill sum of Eleven million united state bills into
your account with 30% offer. This bill stemmed from a contract awarded to Mr. Chang
Huang, a Taiwan contractor. Who later died in motor accident in his country. Taiwan. The
bill is the balance for the contract yet to be paid.

We have been exercising patience for this privilege for so long not until the
presidential announcement, that all foreign contractors owed be paid forthwith, this is a
lifetime blessing we cannot afford to miss. Now, we need a foreigner that will stand as
the contractor to receive the contract bill. Note this transaction is very much free
from all sorts of risk hence the business was carefully planned and it will be
successfully executed.

Upon indication of your interest to fully co-operate with us, I shall furnish you with
some details about the project.

Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Engr.Lamin Bojang.

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