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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  
• 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.
  • medward2010@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mark edward <medward2010@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ed_mark1965@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:57:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: VERY VERY URGENT


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: medward2010@yahoo.com

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

TREASURY/PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS,AREA 1, ABUJA

OUR REF: FGN/CBN/TPID/DATA/XXVOL1.2006

REF:CLAIMING NEGLECTED FUNDS



I am the Information and Data analyst of the Treasury/Payment Investigation Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In the process of cross checking payment files inherited from previous head of this department I realized a particular payment file with series of complicated abnormal entries of a beneficiary who had made efforts towards getting the funds but to no avail; I then decided to investigate the genesis of the difficulties hitches to the release of the said funds I found out these:



There is NO PAYMENT STATUS on the file and on our payment computer column as a result of mistake, I believe to have been made by the secretary who filed the particulars (DATA) i.e Bank particulars and payment reference as it was fixed in by the side column of another payment file as if the reference is not the principal benefactor of the money which effort were been made to claim itås fund.


The reference name did not appear at the foreign payment list but went and appear at the Bankås domestic payment network, which is abnormal, because itås fund is a foreign payment!


No fund claim certificate or an affidavit of change of ownership was issued to the reference for claim of entitled payment as constituted in our constitution for principal foreign benefactors to claim their estate benefits or contract payments without hitch.



I have decided to contact you through this medium because in my further investigation I found out that this claim is genuine with all legal backings apart from the above data irregularities and complications, which made the beneficiary to, gave up the claim. Therefore, Iåve withdrawn my submission paper for conversion of the funds to the CBN Treasury, which several payments have suffered because of irregularities since the implementation of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission Act (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).This assurance gave me courage to link you up for this particular transaction knowing it will be of mutual benefit to both of us.



Requirement: I want you to lay claim to this money as the principal benefactor, I will require from you your Bank account details that will accommodate this total sum of USD7.5Million.I will get the above complications corrected with your personal information as will be submitted by you. On reflecting this in the payment computer system, I will advise you on the application letter you will fax to this Department for the release of the said funds. Sharing ration, 60% / 40% . I can assure you after the corrections and the application within 72 hours the fund must be in your designated account. There is no single risk at all as itås quite clear to you that the Payment Investigation Department of every Bank supersedes fund release at all level more so I am the only person entitled to all payment data analysis and information.



I will oblige you with further information and please I will need your private telephone /facsimile number for easy and confidential communication.




MR MARK EDWARD



INFORMATION TECH & DATA ANALYST


TREASURY /PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPT (CBN).

- mark edward

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