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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: "Alex Ibe" <alexibe1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alexanderibe1@yahoo.com.au
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:30:47 +0000
Subject: r urgent response is highly needed.

NIGERIA LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS - NIGERIA.

Dear Sir,

RE: TRANSFER OF USD22,400,000.00 (TWENTY-Two MILLION, four HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.


With due regards, I am Mr. Alexander Ibe, Chief Accountant and in full
agreement with the Auditor General of this Company (Nigeria Liquefied
Natural Gas). We scrutinized all records and the accounts of awarded and
executed contracts of this Company (NLNG) since the inception of democracy
in Nigeria and carefully uncover and mapped out a sum USD22.4M, which we
want to seek your consent and cooperation so that we will transfer it to
your account as the beneficiary.

This fund USD22.4m has been approved for payment by this company NLNG, the
Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the Accountant General of the
Federation) and to be paid by the Apex bank of Nigeria under contract
number, NLNG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99. As civil servants, we are not allowed to
operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision to use your account in full
trust and confidence to transfer this money outside Nigeria. We have
accepted you as our foreign partner and will regularize and update the
approvals to reflect you as true beneficiary of the contract sum USD22.4M
(TWENTY-TWO, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require
many engagements since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity. We
have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If you
are interested in this deal, please contact me for more details of the
transaction. Remember to give me your phone number and your fax lines
through which we can send you approved documents for your
perusal.

I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you will understand
the confidential nature of this transaction.

Kind regards,
Mr. Alexander Ibe.

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