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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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Fraud email example:

From: "BALDWIN EKEH" <baldwin_ekeh31@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: baldwin_ekeh@email.com
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 02:09:30 +0100
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Senate House
Committee on Foreign Contract Payment (RESOLUTION
PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT) REF: FGN /SNT/STB
Date:10 June 2004
GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO ?1? ATTN: Sir

We, the entire member of the
Federal House of Senate, on behalf of
the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government under the
auspices of the
civilian Head of State, President
Olusegun Obasanjo have unanimously decided and plead for
your
forgiveness and for you to revert your distrust
upon the entire arms of the government and Nigeria as a
body. All
efforts are being put into practice to
chastise all our corrupt officials, presenting the country
as scam
Nation before the world. This is a bid to uphold
and maintain our international reputation and promise to the
United
Nation, OPEC, ECOWAS and the rest of the
International Organization and the World as a whole. There
was an
inflow in our Nigerian Oil Well Reserve Trust
Account, as a result of the involvement of International
Financial
Institutions such as UN, IMF, WORLD BANK
and PARIS CLUB in the development of regional economy,
sufficient
funds have been approved for the
settlement of every foreign firm who executed contract in
Nigeria and
who are still yet unpaid. On the receipt
of your full outstanding foreign contract amount, we request
that you
contact the office of the IMF/World
Bank informing them that you have been paid, for this will
help to
change our image before the
world/international community. We strictly instruct and
advise that
you contact only The Director, CITI BANK
PLC Dr.BALDWIN EKEH on his email address baldwin_ekeh@email.com
baldwin_ekeh@web.de
because of time deference and arrange
on the mode of transferring of your accrued interest payment
approved
by the S enate House and Federal
Government. We are paying you interest of US $ 3.5 million
dollars.
We advise you to desist from having other
contacts until your payment is confirmed for your own
interest
reconfirm to him your banking information?s.
and send your telphone and fax number to him Thank you for
your
anticipated cooperation and remain bless.
Thanks for working with Federal Republic of Nigeria
CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO MEMBER President, Federal
Republic of Nigeria

DR. ADOLPHUS WABARA
SENATOR JIM NWOBODO

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