419 scam: "Rtd RAYMOND"<hendra@surveykita.net> MATTER HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

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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)
- "30% for you " (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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (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.
- ray.i.rtd@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rtd RAYMOND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ray.i.rtd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 02:19:48 -0700
Subject: MATTER HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM THE DESK OF PRINCE RAYMOND JOHNSON(RTD)
DIRECTOR, FUNDS CO-COORDINATOR
FINANCE/CONTRACT DEPARTMENT OF
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (NNPC)
V/ISLAND, LAGOS ,
NIGERIA.
06/06/2017

Attention

Matter Highly Confidential and Very Urgent.

Transaction/Real Estate Investment Partnership

I personally direct this e-mail to you in confidence,I have gone through your remarkable profile as a one capable of handling this very transaction by your personality and I am quite sure that you can receive the fund. I want to work with you on this because I want to invest on real estate or any profitable investment of which you know much about.
I am a retired military officer,top politician now the Senior Director and Funds Coordinator of the Finance/Contract Department of the Nigerian national petroleum corporation (NNPC). My office is also saddled with the responsibility of screening,categorization and prioritization of projects embarked upon by NNPC as well as feasibility studies for selected projects and supervising the projects consultants involved. A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of the last quarter of 2015 indicates that the NNPC paid out a whooping sum of US$936M (Nine Hundred and Thirty Six Million, United States Dollars) to successful contract beneficiaries for the drilling, supply and maintenance of the closed refineries machinery years back.The NNPC is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid at this last quarter of 2016.

The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of the NNPC deliberately over-inflated the contract value of the various contracts awarded. In the course of disbursement, this department has been able to track down the sum of US$115m(One Hundred and Fifteen Million, U.S. Dollars) as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and floating in the NNPC domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). My colleague and I want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominate foreign account for possible investment abroad; this is the reason why I contacted you.

We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any Foreign account because of our status as civil/public servants by the new government of General Mohammed Buhari. Hence the need to solicit for your willingness to help receive this very fund to your account as the sub-contractor beneficiary due to the fact that all perfected arrangement has been concluded before contacting you.

We have also evolved a sharing formula as follows: -(1) 30% for you as the foreign account owner (2) 69% for l and my colleague (3) 1% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and internationally during the course of this transaction.

Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to investment of our share. Be informed that, this business is genuine and 100% safe considering the high-powered government officials involved.

Please kindly indicate your willingness immediately and that will affect the movement of this fund into your country in less than Seven (7) working days.

While looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you, I say thank you for your understanding with me.

Sincerely,
Prince Raymond Johnson (Rtd).
ray.i.rtd@gmail.com

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