419 scam: "Office of The Presidency."<oficeofthpfrn@presidency.com> Dear Beneficiary **Urgent/Top secret**

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348126251247
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.
- oficeofthepfrn@presidency.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- aso - rock villa abuja fct, nigeria. web account: oficeofthepfrn@presidency.com / oficeofthepfrn@yahoo.no date: monday, 28yh march, (Presidency; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Office of The Presidency." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oficeofthepfrnn@yahoo.no>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:17:12 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary **Urgent/Top secret**

Office of The Presidency.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Address: Aso - rock villa Abuja FCT, Nigeria.
Web account: oficeofthepfrn@presidency.com /
oficeofthepfrn@yahoo.no
Date: Monday, 28yh March, 2011.
Time: 05:25pm.
Tel: +234-812-625-1247

Official memo from The Presidency in collaboration with the Senatorial Committee on Foreign Debts.

Dear Beneficiary,

According to the ethics of this office, introduction is always very important on a first contact like this. I am Prof. Maitama B. Atiku, the personal assistant to the honourable President of The Federal Republic ofNigeria.

This official memorandum is to inform you that you cannot receive your due funds payment through a bank to bank wire transfer. Our records here show that you have had several failed transactions because your payment process was not professionally handled.
According to the authority legally bestowed on this office, we have the irrevocable right to pay you without questioning by any local or international body. The only true way that such an amount of money (US$10,500,000:00) can be paid to you is through diplomatic delivery service which is a trusted mode of payment for funds of this magnitude. This particular mode of payment will ensure that your fund is packaged as a confidential consignment in trunk boxes which will be un-interruptedly delivered to your doorstep by our secret diplomat.

In other to ensure a perfect payment in your favour our secret diplomat will not be informed of the actual content of your consignment so that selfishness will not set in considering the fact that perfection is our watch deed here is the respected office.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) which is the decision making body of the Presidency has today approved your funds and we are ready to proceed with the delivery of your funds to your doorstep.

The delivery service will take 48hrs for your funds to reach your doorstep because this mode of payment is strictly based on a special arrangement mainly used by Federal Government officials. With this mode of payment, you will not have any need to pay for fees to your several authorities considering the high-class mode which we will utilize in the transaction.

Before we can instruct our secret diplomat to proceed to deliver your funds to you, there is an official need for you to call this office to confirm that you are the true beneficiary to the long-due funds valued (US$10,500,000:00) and to also

re-confirm your residential address in other to avoid mis-direction of funds.

The following requirement must also be considered by you:

1. A form of Identification.
2. Direct Telephone/Fax Number.
3. Residential Address.

It is very important that you call this office immediately on (Tel: +234-812-625-1247) or respond back to this office via email on (oficeofthepfrn@yahoo.no).

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Maitama B. Atiku.
Personal Assistant to the President.
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Tel: +234-812-625-1247

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