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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: "jeffery okon" <jefferyokon01@msn.com>
Reply-To: jefferyokon01@netscape.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:19:00 +0000
Subject: GooD Day

FROM THE DESK OF JEFFERY OKON
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO LAGOS
Alternative Email : jefferyokon01@netscape.com


Dear Sir,
We are membersof a special committee for Budget and Planning of the Ministry
of Petroleum. This committee is principally concerned with Contract
Appraisals and Approvals as regards capital projects of the
federalGovernment of Nigeria, in order of priority. With our position, we
have successfully secured the sum of twenty-one Million, five hundred
States Dollars (US$21.5M) for ourselves. This amount was accumulated through
undeclared windfall from sales of crude oil from Nigeria during the Gulf
War.
What we need form you is to provide asafe account into which the money will
be transfered. As govenment officials, we are not allowed by our laws to own
or operate foreign accounts. We have agreed to compensate you with
US$4.3Million of thesum. We will keep US$15.2Million, while US$1.0Million is
set aside to offset expenses and pay necessary taxes.
It may interest you toknow that four years ago, a similar transaction was
carried out with one Patrice Miller, president of Craine International
Trading Corporation atNo. 135, East 57th Street, 28th floor, New York 1002
with tel. No.(212)308-7788 and Telex No.673689. After the agreement between
both partiesin which Patrice was to take 5% of the money, the transfer was
dulyeffected only to arrive to be informed that Patrice was no longer onthat
address. His telephone and telex numbers had been reallocated toother
persons. That was how, to say the obvious, we lost the sum ofUS$27.5Million
to Mr. Patrice Miller.
This time around, we need amore trustworthy and more honorable person or
organisation to dobusiness with. This is the whole essence of this letter.
So, if you canprove to be trustworthy and this proposal satisfies you, then
we areprepared to do this business with you. What we want from you is
theassurance that you will let us have our share when this money
istransferred into your account.
Please phone or email your response tome so we can advice you more on the
transaction. My private and confidential email address is
jefferyokon01@netscape.com.All modalities of the transaction have been
worked out and once started,this deal will not take more than 14 work days
with the absolute supportof all concerned. This transaction is 100% safe.
Please treat this as urgent and very confidential.
Thanks and God blessyou.
Dr. Jeffery okon



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