419 scam: "LB-B" <lbb011@hotmail.com> INQUIRY

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "transfer into your account" (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)
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.
- +448458601036
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.
- lbb012@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LB-B" <lbb011@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lbb012@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:13:34 -0500 (PET)
Subject: INQUIRY

Sir,
I am Dr. Lamine Buka Bature; the Head of the Directorate of Petroleum and
Pipeline Marketing (DPPM); the Nigerian government agency that exclusively
conducts the international trade and distribution of Nigeria’s Petroleum
and products, which is why we also maintain a permanent presence here in
the London International Petroleum Exchange (IPE).

We both know that spammers have in no small measure created a climate of
suspicion and uncertainty in internet communication, thereby making it
difficult for people to negotiate meaningful business relations over the
internet. However, it is improper to judge everybody by that ugly
phenomenon.

I have US$23.8Million which I want to transfer into your account. I
accumulated the fund by allocation and supply of excess quantity of
petroleum to foreign buyers. Unfortunately, our payment method is such
that all payments go straight into our (DPPM) account with the Central
Financial institution where proceeds from all our sales are received. This
is how the US$23.8million got trapped inside our (DPPM) account.

As it is, I cannot pull or withdraw this US$23.8million from our account
without proper documentations and reason. This is why I am sending this
email to you.
The only way I can withdraw the fund is by working with you to transfer it
into your account as one of the many contract payments we are scheduled to
process and transfer to contractors.
Yes, I will provide the necessary documentations and order the bank to
process and transfer this fund to your account as a legitimate and due
payment for a maintenance work that was done for us (the DPPM) some years
ago. They would transfer the fund to your account without delay.
Your profession or line of business does not matter at all.

Of course, I have already put the necessary arrangements in place to
ensure the business is concluded within 10 working days and have the fund
successfully moved into your account anywhere in the world.
Upon conclusion; you would retain 10% of the fund, and the remaining 90%
would be mine.

Please get back to me at: lbb012@yahoo.it

Yours sincerely,
Dr. L.B. Bature (Tel/Fax: +448458601036 +448458600993)
Email: lbb012@yahoo.it

DPPM /International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)
Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street,
London, United Kingdom
EC1Y 4SA

11/04/2014

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