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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:
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "abuja" (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.
  • dvmark65@presidency.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK" <dvmark@omenife.net>
Reply-To: dvmark65@presidency.com
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:06:33 +0000
Subject: YOUR OVERDUE FUND TRANSFER.



OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSEFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
ABUJA NIGERIA



Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB 23/04/08

ATTENTION: THE FUND BENEFICIARY,

RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ON APPROVED ENTITLEMENT FUND (US$30,000,000.00)

This is to notify you that your over due entitlement fund has been gazetted to be released to you after the summit meeting held at the Federal Government capital territory (Abuja) in which an indoor meeting was held between my government,International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Auditors, representatives of the European Union, Asian and American Congress respectively concerning the debts owed to foreigners. It was agreed that all the beneficiaries under the category "A" will receive the sum of Thirty Million United States Dollars (US$30,000,000.00) as approved and endorsed by all the parties present in the summit. Be informed that your name was stipulated under the category "A" awaiting the receipt of his payment.

Therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to reconfirm thefollowing details:

YOUR FULL NAMES:...................
CORRESPONDING ADDRESS:..............
TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBERS:............
MOBILE PHONE:.................
OCCUPATION/POSITION:.................
AGE/MARITAL STATUS................
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVERS LISCENCE...........

Note that if you have received this message by (electronic email sending error) to your system, kindly help us by informing us to enable us sort this out as my office has been instructed by the Presidency to take the issues of the release of all payment owed to foreign beneficiaries upon herself in order to sanitize the image of this country as the former government have handed over the power to the new government on May 29th, 2007 and the former government did not want to leave without the settlement of all debts as agreed / endorsed by the parties involved.

It will interest you to know that as soon as we receive the above details, we will commence with all needed necessary legal procedures and issue all payments details to you, in order to approve the release of your long over due entitlement fund, as our government wants to rebuild confidence in International Cooperation and International Financial system.

I want you to understand that this arrangement supersedes all the previous arrangements given to you.Nevertheless, if we do not hear from you within the next seven (7) working days from today, it shall attract indefinite postponement of your payment and my government will not be blamed for such action, any question should be directed to this office. The federal government of Nigeria is sorry for any inconvenience the delay in releasing your entitlement fund must have caused you as a result of unprofessional services rendered by the banking and financial institutes and that is our aim of objective. Send the above information direct to my personal mail box: dvmark65@presidency.com as to expedite action on the completion of your fund transfer..


Best Regards


















Senator David Mark
President of the Senate
OFFICIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL



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