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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:
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "for easy and confidential communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • james_omehia53@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR JAMES"<james_omehia21@aliceadsl.fr>
Reply-To: <james_omehia53@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:54:38 +0100
Subject: Hello

ATTENTION!!!

BUSINNESS PROPOSAL

I am Mr James omehia accountant with NNPC , a senior member of its contract award committee board and a key member of the Federal Contract Award Committee to the NNPC.I do have an urgent need for a trust worthy foreign contact person with whom I can carry out a successful business deal.

Four of our Refineries and one Liquefied Natural Gas Plant have been bad all these years, and now the Present Elected Democratic Government has voted the sum of US$1.86 Billion for the repairs and turn around maintenance . In view of this, we have started awarding new contracts to that effect.As an incentive to do a good job and finished promptly, the Federal Government makes 75% upfront payment to successful bidders. Looking at what has been happening in Nigeria and other African Countries, every wise businessman and Government Official is trying to push out any money he can lay his hands on so that incase anything happens, they will have something they can fall back on and be rest assured overseas on retirement. Based on this, we wish to transfer US$85.050 for disbursement that we have just secured access to push out. But because we are citizen and still working civil servant, we cannot move this money out ourselves.

Though we have made an attempt before which was an unsuccessful cash movement of US$800 million that was disrupt at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport On August 12, 1995 by the Nigerian Customs and Air-port Security Officials, hence we decide now to carry out this project via TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER. At this point in time we therefore need an honest, trustworthy and reliable assistance of a foreigner who will be a kind and honest person to us and will not disappoint us at the end of this transaction.I want you to summit immediately your complete Company name and address if you have one, your name as President or Managing Director / C.E.O of the company, your Banking Particulars:- (Bank?s Name & Address, Telephone, Fax and Telex numbers. Your Receiving Account Numbers,Swift and Routing Numbers). With this information, I can get you properly registered as one of the contractors to NIPPC who has already been awarded this contract for the sum of US$113.4 million to supply,
install and service some of the R

I shall come to your Country immediately this fund is in your account to share the US$85.05 million. The sharing pattern is as follows:- We will give to you 25% of the total sum, 5% will be set aside for all expenses incurred during the transacting period and 70% will be for me and my colleague.

However, be rest assured that no risk is involved or any scandal in the future, for we have done all our homework very well, nobody will be hunt or hurt during and after this transaction. It may also please you to know that all the GOODS that covers
the 75% payment of this contract had earlier been supplied by other contractors whose contract were cancelled half way during the past Military Regime Of Gen. Sanni Abacha. No record of this exists anywhere only the two of us that are key members of the contract board committee has this knowledge and information so there is the serious need to keep this transaction secret and very confidential. To that effect, I would require your private phone and fax numbers for easy and confidential communication. I await your immediate respond to this PROPOSAL.Through my private e-mail Address;james_omehia53@yahoo.com
Meanwhile, I look forward to establishing a life long business relationship with you.

Best regards.
Mr. James Omehia

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