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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • drkennedyeze@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Kennedy Sab" <drkennedysab@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drkennedyeze@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:53:39 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

FROM THE DESK OF DR. KENNEDY EZE
DIRECTOR, FUNDS CO-ORDINATOR
FINANCE/CONTRACT DEPARTMENT OF
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (N.N.PC).
V/ISLAND, LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
EMAIL: drkennedyeze@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,


.
I am the Director, Funds Coordinator of the Finance/Contract Department
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
My office is also saddled with the responsibility of
screening, categorization and prioritization of projects embarked upon
by NNPC as well as feasibility studies for selected projects and
supervising the projects consultants involved. A breakdown of the fiscal
expenditure by this office as at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of
2004indicates that the NNPC paid out a whooping sum of US$736M (Seven
Hundred and Thirty Six Million, United States Dollars) to successful
contract beneficiaries. The NNPC is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid
at the second fiscal quarter of 2005. The crux of this letter is that
the finance/contract department of the NNPC deliberately over-inflated
the contract value of the various contracts awarded. In the course of
disbursement, this department has been able to track down the sum of
US$40.5M (Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) as the
over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and floating in the NNPC
domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I and my coll
eagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominate
foreign account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a
matter of government policy to operate any Foreign account because of our
status as civil/public servants. Hence the need to solicit for your full
Banking details to enable us Transfer this money into your account on
Swift Code.
We have also evolved a sharing formula as follows:-

(1)30% for the foreign account owner (2) 60% for l and my colleagues
(3)10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally
and internationally during the course of this transaction. Furthermore,
we shall be coming over to your country when the money is finally in
your account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to
investment of our share. Be informed that, this business is genuine and
100%
safe considering the high powered government officials involved.

While looking forward to a healthy business relationship with
you.

Sincerely,

DR. KENNEDY EZE

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