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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:
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • centralaccountant4@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • centralaccountant3@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?DR=20NGOBILI=20CHUKWUEMEKA?= <centralaccountant4@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: centralaccountant2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 16:50:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERY URGENT ASSISTANCE


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: centralaccountant4@yahoo.es

DESK:DR NGOBILI CHUKWUEMEKA,

ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT (NNPC)

FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,

IKOYI – LAGOS, NIGERIA

PHONE NUMBER +23414369816

REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL (centralaccountant3@yahoo.es)



Dear Sir,


I am DR NGOBILI CHUKWUEMEKA chairman- audit committee, with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), I headed the audit committee whose assignment was to

audit, review and recommend payment for all contracts awarded in the NNPC by the corrupt past military administration.

In the course of our review, we discovered that the sum of USD 30 million (THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS) was floating unclaimed in the corporation account without beneficiary. This money emanated from an over-invoicing in the contract awarded to a foreign firm for the supply, fixing, erecting and computerized optimization of oil pipeline to one of our oil refineries during the past Military administration.

Base on our status as senior government officials in top sensitive position of trust, we cannot stand to claim this money ourselves, hence, I decided to contact you.

All modalities for this transfer have been fully worked out. We have already secured a

preliminary order to effect this payment, we now require from you your BANKING PARTICULARS, FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBER for smooth transfer of this money

into your bank account. We intend to share the money in the following manner: 30% for you, 65% for us and 5% for any miscellaneous expenses. This business is 100% risk-free. We look forward to a fruitful business relationship with you.


Best Regards

DR NGOBILI CHUKWUEMEKA.

Account Department (NNPC)

PHONE NUMBER +23414369816

REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL (centralaccountant3@yahoo.es)



- DR NGOBILI CHUKWUEMEKA

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