419 scam: "Engr. Adebayo Ibirogba"<engr.adebayoibirogba@yahoo.com> FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION.......

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
- engr.adebayoibirogba@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Adebayo Ibirogba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engr.adebayoibirogba@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 07:45:26 -0500
Subject: FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION.......

>From the desk of the chairman
Contract Award Committee
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
N.N.P. C Building, Ikoyi-Lagos.
Website: www.nnpcgroup.com

For your urgent attention ,
Mutual
Collaboration{Funds transfer}

I am Engr. Adebayo Ibirogba, chairman of the Contract Award Committee of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) I am mandated by my colleagues to crave your indulgence in assisting us to transfer $35 million US Dollars to any of your reliable account overseas

The said fund US$ 35 million in question resulted from contract over invoiced we perfected when we awarded contract for the construction of OSO Crude Oil Evacuation pipe-line network and Refineries equipments and Petrochemicals equipments. Now that the individual contractors have received their supposed contract funds respectively, we want to transfer the over invoiced fund US$35 million to your nominated account number for immediate sharing/Investments.

All the necessary modalities have been perfected with the officials of the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) for onward transfer of the fund abroad.

Thus, if you have the capacity to prosecute this transaction, I advice you send to me the following vital information of yours:-

1) your full contact address along with your direct telephone / fax number for easy communication.
2) The account number this fund would be transferred into with the full contact address of the bank.

My colleagues and I have resolved to offer you 30% of the total money.5% would be mapped out to offset all the contingent expenses in the course of the transaction while the remaining 65% will be shared among the concerned officials here.

Be informed, that top most secrecy must be observed through out this transaction for security reasons.

I look forward to receiving your quick response via this email: engr.adebayoibirogba@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,

Engr. Adebayo Ibirogba

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