419 scam: "BUNU BRIGGS"<jobs@wacai.com> STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- bububriggs@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BUNU BRIGGS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bunubriggs@mail.ru>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:12:56 -0800
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

BUNU BRIGGS
NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)
167 ABA ROAD, PORT HARCOURT.
RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am sorry for reaching you so urgently without prior knowledge of each other. But this is due to the urgency in my motive to a trusted partner or affiliate overseas who can assist me.

We are making this contact with you after satisfactory information gathered from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my country. Based on this, we are convinced that you will provide us with a solution to effect remittance of the sum of Forty Five Million United State Dollars ($45,000.000.00) resulting from over costing of job/services done for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), by foreign companies.

We are top officials of internal Auditors of the NDDC. We carry out and evaluate forensic audit of the organisation, and in the course of our duty we discovered, an over invoiced contract to the tune of Forty Five Million United State Dollars ($45,000.000.00). This funds are lying fallow. Base on this premise, we are soliciting for your corporation as a foreigner partner to act as the beneficiary of the said among. This said amount was actually an over invoiced project that was executed by a foreign contractor. We shall secure approvals for payment of contracts executed for NDDC.

We have agreed to give you 30% of the total value, while our share will be 65%. The remaining 5% will be used as refund by both sides to off set the cost that must be incurred in the areas of public relations, engaging of legal practitioner as attorney, taxation and other incidentals in the course of securing the legitimate release of the fund into your account.

Please indicate your acceptance to carry out this transaction urgently on receipt of this letter. I shall in turn inform you of the modalities for a formal application to secure the necessary approvals for the immediate legitimate release of this fund into your account.You can reach me on:bububriggs@mail.ru

Please understand that this transaction must be held in absolute privacy and confidentiality.

Thanks for your co-operations.

Yours faithfully,

BUNU BRIGGS
NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)
167 ABA ROAD, PORT HARCOURT.

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