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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22997477985 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: National Contract Payment Commission <ncpc_2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:29:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Your Payment


NATIONAL CONTRACT PAYMENT COMMISION
“FOREIGN DEBT REVIEW BUREAU”
NEW HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICE COMPLEX
SUITE 3-7, MAITAMA DISTRICT
F.C.T. ABUJA
Our Ref: NCPC/CBN/FBN/10/002 Date: 29th MAY 2006


OFFICIAL GAZZETTE
ATTN: BENEFICARY(Mr.Julian Wilton)


SIR,

Consequent to the clamouring and appeals made to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund by various foreign contractor owed by Nigerian Government to close credit links to Nigeria because of the non payment of their executed contract fund. It was in view of this ugly unprecedented development that our President, the Senate Committees, Legislators of the house of Assembly, Central Bank Executives, First Bank Board of Directors and the delegated officials of the World Bank/IMF Authorities after crucial pact of 25th February, 2006 at the Nigeria National Conference Center Federal Capital Territory Abuja, unanimously earmarked the sum of US$2..5 Billion Dollars from our foreign reserve account of our petroleum Trust Fund, for the servicing of debts owed to Foreign Contractors.

Therefore a group of Auditors have been mandated to study the affected contractors official papers of claims as contended in their files and clarify with satisfactory evidence to the National Contract Payment Commission Liaison Office Unit sitting in the First Bank of Nigeria plc Marina Lagos to effect the release of all Authenticated contract part-payment to their respective beneficiaries.

However during our routine scrutiny of your contract file contents, we discovered that there have been attempts by some well placed individuals to divert this your contract fund to another Bank account for their selfish enrichment, but for the facts that the computer data discloses you and your company as the sole signatory/beneficiary of this fund made all their application for change of Bank account invalid.

Please be informed that after the disbursement ratio of US$$2.5m Billion Dollars, shared among the foreign contractors affected, this our commission has approved part-payment of Fifteen Million U.S Dollars (US$15,000,000.00) only, through payment by Telegraphic Wire Transfer through the ecowas task force committee.

Note- due to job ineptitude and another corruption of extortion of fees by the Central bank Directors, the Federal Government of Nigeria has handed over all foreign contract payments assignments to the National Contract Payment Commission sitting in First Bank of Nigeria, Consequently you are therefore warned in your own interest to desist from honouring faxes that is not from National Contract Payment Commissions. To this effect, please contact the task force chairmanat the on this email:ecowas_taskforce.com or +229-97477985 for the release of your part payment. During the events of your contact, present to the task force your contract payment release data as mentioned below VIZ:

1.FOREX ALLOCATION FILE NO. = INEC-NNPC-FMTA/2002
SEQUENCE ORDER = NCPC/PTF/06/X-CBN-43 AUTHORIZATION FILE NO. = PQ/04/-XIX-/-002/IV

2.Present to them also, your contract number for prove of legitimate and bona-fide beneficiary of this fund.

Good Luck

Yours faithfully,

MRS. ADEOLA WILLIAMS (SCRUTINEER)

National Contract Payment Commission

Maitama - Abuja


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