419 scam: "ALHAJI RAFIU SAMBO" <nnationalpetroleumcorporation@gmail.com> RE: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
- "hundred thousand american 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)
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.
- nnationalpetroleumcorporation@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALHAJI RAFIU SAMBO" <nnationalpetroleumcorporation@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 22:39:55 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: RE: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

Attention Sir/Ma,

It is my great pleasure contacting you today, My name is ALHAJI RAFIU SAMBO,
GED, Engineering and Technical Directorate Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation( NNPC) I am happy to write you today, Could you please allow
me to place some funds into your Bank Account for safekeeping/future
investment?

The funds in question is my personal funds Twenty One Million Five Hundred
Thousand American Dollars ($21.5M),I have an urgency to move the funds
out from my present foreign bank account to your Bank Account for
security reasons’ am a civil servant and (A TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL), it
is unlawful in my country for any civil servant to operate foreign bank
account.

Once I obtain your confidence, I will appraise you with full details and I
am offering you 30% of the total funds for your assistance, while 5% of
the above said funds has been set aside to defray any unforeseen expenses
incurred on actualizing the movement of the funds into your bank account.

Be informed that it might require that you travel to the holding bank for
the signing of the fund release documents as the CLAIMANT/BENEFICIARY to
this above deposited funds, the documents to legally position you to do so
will be prepared and transmitted to you.

I request that you provide me with your telephone and fax numbers to
enable us discuss further on this transaction.

Hope hearing from you soon, but i strictly advise that you treat this
matter as "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL FOREVER" and if you are not comfortable
with this business information, I advise that you back-out immediately!!!.

Yours truly,

ALHAJI RAFIU SAMBO
(GED,ETD NNPC)
Please Reply Via E-mail:nnationalpetroleumcorporation@gmail.com
Email: nnationalpetroleumcorporation@gmail.com

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