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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +2348062568367 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • engrfunsokupolokun001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Funso Kupolokun <engrfunsokupolokun001@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:00:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A BUSINESS PROPOSAL!


Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,

NNPC Towers,

Herbert Macaulay Way,

P.M.B. 190,

Garki, Abuja, Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you for assistance and business co-operation while at the same time soliciting for your trust and strictest confidence in this transaction.

It might interest you to know that I got your contact email from an intensive search of the internet.

INTRODUCTION:

I am Engr. Funso Kupolokun, the managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the chairman of the Presidential special task force in charge of the sales of petroleum products in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

My office monitors the sales and lifting of crude oil and petroleum products by foreign dealers.

And with the co-operation of my assistant and the head of the audit committee attached to the task force, I have successfully diverted the sum of Thirty-Six Million United States Dollars - US$36,000,000.00 into the escrow account of the Central Bank of Nigeria to the benefits of my partners and I.

It is to this effect that I want to seek your indulgence and approval to present you/your company as the beneficiary of the Thirty-Six Million United States Dollars - US$36,000,000.00 to enable me process and provoke the transfer of the US$36,000,000.00 into your designated bank account for future investment in your line of business.

Consequently, you should furnish me with the details of the following information for the processing and final release of the US$36,000,000.00 in your favour.

I. Your full name, company's name and address.

2. Your confidential/private telephone number number and email address.

Please, note that you are to send items 1-2 to me by email only as the use of fax shall not be needed in this transaction for confidential reasons.

SHARING MODALITIES:

On actualization of the transaction, the funds will be shared thus:

1. 30% of the funds ( US$10.8 Million ) would be for you for acting
as the beneficiary of the funds.

2. 10% of the funds ( US$3.6 Million ) shall be for re-imbursement to the financier who shall finance this transaction to its logical conclusion for incidental expenses that may be incured in the course of the transaction like insurance, taxation, legal fees, documentations etc.

3. 60% of the funds ( US$21.6 Million ) shall be for me and my partners.
I shall give you the contact of the financier who shall be sending money to you in the form of American Express Gift Cheque whenever any fee is demanded from you for the payment of any bill in the course of the transaction.

All logistics for a smooth and hitch-free transfer of the US$36,000,000.00 into your designated bank account has been worked out for the actualization of this transaction within fourteen workind days of commencement after the receipt of your company name and address, private telephone number and email address.

The above information will enable me to file the necessary applications and lodge claims at the concerned ministries in favour of your company and name and it is pertinent to remind you once again that this deal is entirely based on trust and confidentiality.

If you are able to handle this, then feel free to reach me only on my confidential telephone number: +234-806-256-8367 and email: engrfunsokupolokun001@yahoo.com

Awaiting your urgent response and telephone call.

Best Regards,

Engr. Funso Kupolokun.
(Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National
Corporation and Chairman of the Presidential Special Task Force in charge
of the sales of petroleum products in Nigeria).
Tel(24hrs): +234-806-256-8367.


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