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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:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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.
  • pauladeyemi115@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • pauladeyemi@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?paul=20adeyemi?= <pauladeyemi115@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 07:28:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Mr. Paul Adeyemi


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : pauladeyemi115@yahoo.fr

Paul Adeyemi

NNPC HOUSE

IKOYI

LAGOS.

Direct E-mail: pauladeyemi@excite.com


Attention: Dear friend,



I am Mr. Paul Adeyemi, the Director of Procurement and Contract Award at the Nigerian


National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I apologized


using this medium to reach you for a transaction/ business of this magnitude, but this is due to


Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. It is with trust that I wish to


contact you on this matter concerning the transfer of US$15.9 Million Dollars.


Sometime ago, a contract was awarded by my Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

to an International Oil Firm, to Service, Turn Around Maintenance and Rehabilitation Work


on Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) Plant in Nigeria. This contract


was over-invoiced by us (myself and two junior colleagues) to the tune of (US$15.9 Million


United State Dollars). Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original


contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principles


gotten approval to remit by Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank


account you will provide. It is based on this that some officials in my department and I have


decided to establish a cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting you. We


want you to present yourself as the Beneficiary to this fund, so that we can release the fund


into your account for safety and subsequent disbursement. We have all modalities set.


We have been disappointed some years ago by a British, Mr. Rick Williams, whom we


trusted with a transaction of this nature up to the tune of US$50Million U.S. Dollars. He is


sitting on our money for no apparent reason and refused to give us our share but we believe


that for his act of wickedness to us, he will never go unpunished by God.


Mr. Rick Williams still resides in London and enjoying our collective money, because of this


we are afraid and we need your total trust and assurance that you must be an honest and


straight-forward person.


As, we are willing to try again with you believing in your good cooperation and faithfullness.


We have agreed to share the money thus:


1. 30% for the account owner (you).


2. 60% for me and my partners


3. 10% to be used in offsetting taxes and all local & foreign expenses.


Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and risk free and we

will commence the transaction from the date of receipt of the following

information from you via e-mail.


Please if you accept this proposal, send to me by e-mail.


1. Your personal telephone and fax numbers.


2. Your Bank name, address, telephone, fax as well as your Bank Account details.

Or you open a new account for this business.


With these information, we are going to put in application for the release of this funds


(US$15.9M) into your account for us all. Due to our sensitive position, we can not afford a


slip in this transaction so contact me immediately through my e-email address for further

information on the requirements and procedure for this transaction. It will only take four


working days to conclude this business because once you send the your full name and


address with your direct phone and fax number, we shall credit your account through our


Reserved Account in Europe or Asia.


Remember that my present situation will not allow me to search for another person, I


absolutely HOLD YOU ON TRUST. Therefore we urge you to respond immediately to this


my email address to enable me commence with the modalities of this transfer as we are well


prepared to do this promising transaction with you and hope to continue with you in future.


Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and utmost urgency.


Please send all your reply to my private email box: pauladeyemi@excite.com


Yours faithfully,

Mr. Paul Adeyemi



- paul adeyemi

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