419 scam: M Abbah <info@modigrains.com> Maintainance of our Refinary

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "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: M Abbah <info@modigrains.com>
Reply-To: Teslim.petrolog@pacific-ocean.com
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:54:09 -0700
Subject: Maintainance of our Refinary

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
NNPC Towers, Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way,
P.M.B. 190, Garki, Abuja
Ref: NNPC/NPE/R&P/TAM-00894/14

Dear Sir,

NNPC REFINERIES' TURN-AROUND MAINTENANCE (TAM)

I am not trying to instigate you to become maybe a partner in shady deals, but a partner in a transaction that will assure our financial status for a future to come. I am aware of the unsafe nature of the Internet, and was compelled to use this medium for now due to the nature of this project. Please kindly go through this mail and get back to me .I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you

Here is my proposal, following the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria Petroleum Price that caused an increase in fuel price from US$0.40 to US$0.87 per liter in January 2012, the Federal Government decided to use the subsidy money for the purpose of Turn-Around Maintenance (TAM) for our three refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna and the sum of US$2.6 billion were set out for this purpose.

However, the contract was awarded to JGC Engineering, Japan and the entire contract bidding process, terms and agreements was reached with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and two of the refineries have started production already, while the remaining refinery is expected to start production on October this year.

Meanwhile, Turn-Around Maintenance (TAM) for the three refineries awarded to the JGC Engineering had an over-invoice sum of US$32,800,000.00, and I told the NNPC Board that, this amount belongs to one of our suppliers, who are yet to be paid, and the Board requested that the supplier/contractor should come for his money, if not they shall return it to the Government coffer Account as un-used fund, that is why I am contacting you to act as the supplier that executed this contract, and I shall provide you with all the necessary information you need to know.

I want to use this medium to inform you that the over-invoiced sum of US$32,800,000.00.00 have been approved by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for release to the supplier. I want your maximum cooperation and trust so that these funds can be transferred to you as the supplier.

Lastly, this transaction is highly confidential, I will like you to treat it as such please if you are not willing to work with me on this kindly delete this message and keep this information to yourself. Upon the receipt of your response I shall further detail you on the procedures for receiving this fund from the NNPC. Meanwhile, the sharing ratio of this fund will be on 60/40 bases. Please kindly reply for more details.

Thanks for your understanding.

Yours sincerely
Muhammed Abah
Director, Refineries & Petrochemicals
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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