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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: abamarac@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:21:02 +0100
Subject: project

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND TOURISM.

FROM: THE DESK OF DR.ABRAHAM AMARACHUKWU.

Alternative email:chukwuka@web-mail.com.ar.

Dear Sir,

TRANSFER OF US$20MILLION INTO A PERSONAL/COMPANY?S OFFSHORE ACCOUNT.

May I respectfully invite your kind attention to the above subject matter
and to state that based on information gathered from the relevant Federal
Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Tourism, we, intend to solicit your assistance
in the execution of a business transaction. It is our sincere conviction
that you will handle this transaction with absolute confidentiality, maturity
and utmost sense of purpose.
I wish to further inform you that we have twenty Million U.S. Dollars(US$20M)
which accrued overtime from deliberately inflated contract awarded in my
Ministry (Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources) and executed by a consortium
of multinationals in the Oil Industry. The projects executed include the
following:
1. The expansion of pipeline network within Nigeria for Crude Oil and Downstream
products distribution and subsequent evacuation.
2. Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the three Refineries
In the country.
3. The construction of storage tanks for Petroleum Products (Depots).

Consequently, we humbly request your gracious assistance and permission
towards the remittance of the above stated amount into a personal/company/offshore
account nominated by you.

We propose tentatively that you will receive 30% of the total sum, and the
remaining 70% is for my colleagues and me.
However, this is negotiable in the event of your willingness to assist.

Could you please notify me of your acceptance to carry out this transaction
urgently by email email
addresses:alexubaka@web-mail.com.ar only, on the receipt of this message.
I shall in turn inform you of the modalities for a formal application to
secure the necessary approvals for the release of this fund into your account.


This transaction from the day of commencement will not take more than ten(10)
working days.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours sincerely

Dr.Abraham Amarachukwu





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