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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: "Dan Collins" <dan_collins2@thefamilymail.net>
Reply-To: da_collins5@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 06:33:30 +0000
Subject: Re-ImmediateUS$10Million

OFFICE OF CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO GCFR
PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF ARMED FORCES
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO ROCK VILLA ABUJA
Cablegram: PRESIDENCY

ATTN: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR

Re-ImmediateUS$10Million

Part-Payment of Your Contract Fund with Federal Government of Nigeria.This
is to inform you that the Presidency has stepped into the paymentof your
contract funds with the Federal Government of Nigeria due to the complain
you contractor?s make to United Nation and World Bank to sanction Nigeria
Government not to have any other business relationship with any country till
we settle all our outstanding debts our to you foreign contractor?s.A
meeting was hold at Abuja regards to this sanction from the UN and World
Bank for the settlement of this debts own to you contractor?s, I

wish to inform you that an International Certified Bank Draft worth of
US$10Million has been raised in your favour as your name appear in our
computer with some other vital documents that will help you cash the draft
in your country without problem and the balance will be paid to you in known
distance time. You are to come down here in Nigeria for the collection of
this Draft/Documents but alternatively if you can not make the trip here in
Nigeria for the collection of this raft/Documents

here in Nigeria with a genuine reason you are to pay the S$465.00(Three
Hundred And Sixty Five United States Dollars Only) for the Issuance Fee and
DHL Fee of dispatching to you be inform to contact only Chairman foreign
Payment Unit MR DAN COLLINS on this direct Email:dan_collins5@yahoo.com for
the collection of this US$10.000.000.00 in your returning fax to his office
reconfirm your phone and fax number. Note that your corporation towards this
matter will help us a lot in regaining back our position with the UN and be
advise to stop any other further contact with any office that is previously
handling your payment they are not in position again to effect your fund in
other not to jeopardize your effort of receiving this funds even your local
representatives here in Nigeria and attorney they done harm then good every
day in your contract file regards to change of account not given by you
contractor?s.

Understand that if you are cut by the Nigerian Telecommunication Monitoring
Unit (NTMU) that you are contacting another office apart from this mention
office you are to pay a fine of US$100.000.00 for not adhering to our
instruction is not our wish to have your funds delayed a word is enough for
a wise.

CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO
PRESIDENT, FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA GCFR.

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