419 scam: "Orji Ogbonna Orji"<enterprisebank01@citromail.hu> PAYMENT NOTIFICATION/ AUDIT REPORT

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "Orji Ogbonna Orji" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <neiting2006@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:00:24 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION/ AUDIT REPORT

From The Desk Of,

Orji Ogbonna Orji
Director Communications
Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative

PAYMENT
NOTIFICATION/ AUDIT REPORT

Sir
,

It is with immense pleasure that we at the Nigeria Extractive Industry
Transparency Initiative convey this important information to you.
Recently the Federal Government of Nigeria audited the Payment
Schedule of Transaction between Oil Companies, Contracts and the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and we discovered some lapses in the
Nations Accounts procedure in that Sector.

The accounts was audited by the HART GROUP, an American Auditing Firm,
for the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative have
uncovered large-scales fraud ever recorded in the industry in recent
time. We discovered a monumental scam showing wide spread
discrepancies involving amount of money in the neighborhood of
US$240,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Forty Million US Dollars Only),
which the Federal Government is owing Foreign Contractors in that
sector. We also discovered that your contract sum have not been paid,
hence we write this letter to you, for the immediate full payment of
your contract sum in this quarter of the year.

This audit examined all the financial transaction in the Nation's Oil
Industry from 1999 to 2021 was unable to reconcile the figures
provided by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

We have forwarded you contract information to the Office of the
Minister for Finance and the Accountant General of the Federation for
their observations and comment on your payment. You are requested to
contact my office immediately you receive this notice. You are now
warned not to contract any other office for your contract payment.

Your urgent reply is needed

Yours Faithfully,
Orji Ogbonna Orji
Director Communications
Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative

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