419 scam: "Dr. Rasheed" <drdbrasheed@adinet.com.uy> CONTRACT SUM OF $11.5M

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states 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)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "lagos" (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 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.
- db.rasheed11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Rasheed" <drdbrasheed@adinet.com.uy>
Reply-To: db.rasheed11@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 12:37:53 -0300 (UYT)
Subject: CONTRACT SUM OF $11.5M

From:- Dr. D. B Rasheed
Senior Officer/Executive Director,
Nigeria National Petroleum Company
Corporate Headquarters: # NNPC House,
Victoria, Island, Lagos,
Nigeria.

RE: UNCLAIMED CONTRACT SUM OF $11.5M /NNPC/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/09 NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM

COMPANY (NNPC)

Dear Friend,

Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality in this Transaction.
This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive and worried.

I am Dr. D. B. Rasheed, a senior official in the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). My idea of contacting you are as followed:- During the last
military regime here in Nigeria, West Africa, the committee awarded a contract
of US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States Dollars) to five
construction firms on behalf of the Petroleum Ministry for the supply,
construction and installation of Oil Pipeline from Warri to Port Harcourt.

This was the description of the contract number:- NPC/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99 AND
THE AWARD OF CONTRACT AND PURPOSE OF PAYMENT IS: "SUPPLY OF 480,000 MONAX AXIAL
AND ERECTION OF SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION SUPER POLYPROLENE, 240,000 BPSD FOR PLANT
'A' TO 'C' AND COMPUTERIZATION AND OMMISSIONING OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION (NNPC) IN PORT-HARCOURT/KADUNA REFINERY.

With my position in NNPC as the chairman in charge of Contracts Award and
payment Approvals, I decided to deliberately over-inflated the contract invoice
making the contract sum US$411,500,000.00 Million instead of US$400,000,000.00,
with an intention of claiming the remaining balance sum of US$11,5M.The Federal
Government of Nigeria has since approved the sum of US$411,500,000.00 Million,
which the sum of US$400,000,000.00 have also been paid to the foreign
contractors concerned as contract Entitlements for the contract done.

Now US$11,5M was now left in the bank with the NNPC bank account in China. As a
civil servant and still in service, I am not permitted by law to own or operate
foreign account, which makes it impossible for me to reap this opportunity by
myself. To complete the transaction I need to have a foreign partnership,hence
my contacting you for your assistance as an overseas partner into whose account
I would transfer the sum of ($11.5 M).

Consequently, I have decided to give you 40% from the total sum US$11.5 M. In
conclusion, such opportunity comes but once in a lifetime, I am a man of
status, honor, reputation and integrity and I will not indulge myself into
anything shady as this transaction is 100% legitimate and legal. I shall bring
to you the complete details including the bank information. Your urgent
response will be highly appreciated as I am already behind schedule for this
financial quarter.

I REQUIRE BELOW THESE INFORMATION FROM YOU TO SET-UP THE RECLAIMING CONTRACT
FILE

YOUR FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Dr. D. B. Rasheed.
Senior Officer (NNPC).
Email: db.rasheed11@gmail.com

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