419 scam: "ministry of works"<business2@bluechipemails.com> YOUR NAME WAS LISTED AS SISTER-COMPANY

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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:
- "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)
- "abuja" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "ministry of works" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ifeanyi.kelvin@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:58:30 +0100
Subject: YOUR NAME WAS LISTED AS SISTER-COMPANY

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

MABUSHI, ABUJA, NIGERIA

ATTENTION: HONOURABLE BENEFICIARY

IN RESPECT TO THE PETITION FILED BY MR. BRAYEH OVER THE UNPAID CONTRACT SUM OF

LATE MR. LOUISE BONARVIC, A EUROPEAN, WHO DIED ON A EXPLOSION AT THE SITE AS A

RESULT OF DAMAGE ON THE GAS PIPELINE AT THE NIGERIAN LIQUID-FIELD AND NATURAL

GAS (NLNG) BONNY ISLAND, RIVERS STATE.

MR. BRAYEH QUOTED THAT YOUR NAME WAS LISTED AS SISTER-COMPANY AND NEXT OF KIN

TO BONARVIZ'S COMPANY AND HENCE ENTITLED TO INHERITE THE STATED CONTRACT SUM.

HAVING SAID THIS, WE WISH TO INFORM YOU ON THE RESOLUTION OF THIS MINISTRY TO

CARRY OUT THE PAYMENT MODALITIES AND AFFIRMATION TO THE CONTRACT AND IT

VALUES, BELOW IS THE INFORMATION AND UPON REPLY, WE WILL HAVE MR.BRAYEH

CONTACT YOU ON THE WAY FORWARD.

CONTRACT NUMBER: FMW/LNG/FGN-PH.008/084

CONTRACT AMOUNT: USD29, 000,000.00 (US$29 MILLION)

CONTRACT SITE: BONNY ISLAND, RIVERS STATE

CONTRACTOR: L-BORNAVIC ENGINEERING LTD

YEAR OF AWARD: SEPTEMBER 19TH 2003

YEAR OF COMPLETION OCTOBER 3RD 2006

DURATION: 107 WEEKS (2 YEARS PLUS 2 WEEKS)

REGARDS,

THOMAS ITIRE.

FOR FMWH MABUSHI, ABUJA

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