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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: "charles eke" <charles4eke@charles1eke.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:51:23 +0000
Subject: Dear Mr&Mrs,

>From the desk of:
DR. Charles Eke,
Director: Foreign Payment Department
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Falomo, Ikoyi-Lagos, Nigeria

Dear Mr&Mrs,

I am writing you this email with due regards, knowing that you will not be
offended by my email. The content of this business proposal is not trash.
Therefore, my colleagues and I will be pleased to engage with you in this
legal transaction, which we have planned, to have with you.

My name is Charles Eke, from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and
I
am the Director of Foreign Payment.

My colleagues and I have agreed to seek for your assistance to transfer the
total sum of US$6.050 Million Dollars in to your account.

We got the fund from over estimate we made during the construction of
refineries in the country. The engineer was paid like agreed in the contract
agreement file. After that, we have the above said fund remaining.

Due to no civil servant is allowed to have fund abroad, we are on our
kneelseeking for your consent to assist us transfer this fund into your
account. Once that is done, 45% will be yours, and 10% will be given to you
for task clearance in your country, and we will come for the rest whenever
we come to your country for investment but they will be in your account till
then.

I want you to understand that this transaction is 100% free from all kinds
of risk because you will be equiped with all the needed documents that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Your urgent reply will be highly
respected.

yours truly,

Dr. Charles Eke.

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