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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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  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Adeniji Olu" <adeolu24@msn.com>
Reply-To: stevphenvonda_04@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 06:23:23 +0000
Subject: Best regards????

FROM THE DESK OF THE DR. Stevphen Vonda

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT

ATTN: THE PRESIDENT.

PERMISSION TO REMMIT THE SUM OF 26.5MILLION US DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

With reference to recommendation of your esteemed firm. I do hereby wish to
reach you for this urgent business relationship.

Between 1990-1998, I was Chairman of Tneder Board of the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation, which was responsible for the award of contracts,
valuation and settle ment of contract proceeds after commissioning of the
project, I used my position to inflate a certain contract awarded to an
Keyston Joe Petroleum company USA to the tune of $26.5million . The original
contract value by $100,000,000 but with the consent of the contrator, we
inflated the said value by $26.5million briging the total to $126.5million.
The contract has been executed, commissioned and the actual contract of
$100million value has been paid to the contractor leaving behind the
inflated sum of $26.5million. But we could not claim this fund during the
military regime.

The fact that we are prohibited by law from operating a foreign account as
civil servants, we solicit your kind assistance in claiming the
over-invoiced value of $26.5million be rest assured that there is no form of
risk involved or anti-legal implications as the contract was properly
executed and the value fully settled. Being a turnkey project and with such
value there is no way any local company or person resident in Nigeria can
lay claims to it but, rather someone overseas i.e Europe, America Asia etc.

You will be compensated with 20% of the total of $26.5million if you accept
our request to assist us while 70% will be left behind for me and my
coleagues. The balance of 10% will be used to offset any expenses incuured
during the process of transfer as a result of this transaction.

You arr also required to forward these infomations to us:
a. Your office and home telephone number and fax number for urgent
discussions.
b. The name of the company you wished to used or your private name.
c. The name of your bank, the address, telephone, fax and the account
number.

This is to enable us seek for approval from the appropriate ministry and
most importantly ever contact should be strictly through email address above
for further discussion.

Best regards

Dr, Stevphen Vonda

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