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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: "Dr Obadiah Mailafia" <obadiahmailafia@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:08:53 +0000
Subject: WAITING ON YOU!!

Dear Friend,

I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics.

My names are Dr Obadiah Mailafia, We are making this venture proposal to
you in strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the Nigerian
Government, the Nigeria civil service laws (Code of Conduct bureau) forbid
us to own a foreign account. The money we have in our possession is an
overdue payment bill totaling, Twenty Six Million, Four Hundred and Twenty
Six Thousand US Dollars ($26,426,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad
with the assistance and co-operation of a company/or an individual to
receive the said funds, via a reliable Bank Account.
If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information
to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due
course. For your assistance, you shall receive 30% amounting to
US$7,927,800.00 of the US$26.426 Million, 60% amounting to US$15,855,600 for
us and 10% amounting to US$2,642,600 will be used to settle taxation and
other miscellaneous expenses in the course of transferring the funds to your
account.

Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when replying
this business proposal preferably through my alternative address as this is
my only confidential email address: (obadiahmailafia1956@yahoo.com), I will
call you when necessary. If you are not interested, please also indicate so
that it will enable me to contact other foreign partner with recommendations
to carry out this deal.

A swift acknowledgment of your receipt of this mail will be appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.

Best regards.
Dr Obadiah Mailafia
Deputy Governor,Policy
Central Bank Of Nigeria.
NB:To Know More About Me Visit The
Website:www.cenbank.org/aboutus/BOARDOFD.HTM
Please also send a copy of your response to my yahoo address
(obadiahmailafia1956@yahoo.com)

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