419 scam: "Professor Attahiru Jega,OFR)" <Prof_jaga@consultant.com> Your Attention Is Needed!!

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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:
- "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "may come to you as a surprise" (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)
- "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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- +2349090883201 (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.
- prof_jaga@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Professor Attahiru Jega,OFR)" <Prof_jaga@consultant.com>
Reply-To: alikennethrandy@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 04:30:40 +0500 (PKT)
Subject: Your Attention Is Needed!!

Dear Sir,

Compliments of the day, I know that this letter may come to you as a
surprise since I had no previous correspondence with you. I am in deed
very sorry to have invaded your privacy by contacting you in this
manner.

I am Professor Attahiru Jega, OFR)the Chairman of Independent National
Electoral Commission(INEC)Nigeria, I got your contact through LinkedIn
network after carefully going through your profile in the course of
my search for a reliable person with whom to handle a very
confidential transaction involving the transfer of fund valued at
twenty two Million United States Dollars (US$22M)to a safe foreign
account I will also like to invest path of this money in real estate
or any area of your choice in your country.

The above fund in question is not connected with arms, drugs or money
laundering. It is the product of over invoice on contract awarded in
February 2011 by the federal government of Nigeria inconjuction with
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the necessary
bill passed by Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria, to a foreign
company for the supply of Direct Data Capture Machine and other
electoral material for Registration and Re validation of Voters Card
for the just concluded 2015 elections.

The contract has been executed by the four different companies from
Canada, South Africa, Japan and a Local company here in Nigeria and
payment of the actual contract amount made to the contractors leaving
the balance of (USD$22M) United States Dollars in a dormant account
which my colleagues and I now want to transfer out of the Nigerian
Shore into a reliable foreign account for our personal use. As civil
servants, we do not have the necessary foreign account machinery to
successfully handle this transaction without raising an eyebrow from
the federal government of Nigeria. Therefore it becomes necessary to
source for a foreign company with the capability to act as the
original beneficiary of the contract.

It is a good thing that the outgoing president Dr GoodLuck Jonathan
has endorsed the resolution passed by the senate that all foreign
contractors owed by the federal government of Nigeria should be paid
we will seize this good opportunity to purport you as one of the to be
paid. If you are interested in this proposal kindly email to me your
letter of acceptance along with your full details direct telephone and
fax numbers.

My colleagues and I have decided to share the money in the following
ratio: 75% for my colleagues and me, then20% for you the account owner
5% for all local and international expenses that may arise in the
course of this transaction if accepted by your good self.

Further details about this transaction will be discussed in the
subsequent correspondence. This transaction is strictly confidential
but 100% risk free.

Note also that the particular nature of your business is irrelevant to
this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please
confirm your interest via this email:Prof_jaga@consultant.com

Yours faithfully,
Professor Attahiru Jega,OFR)
Tel+234-909-088-3201

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