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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Eng. Frank Odiwe" <frankodi2006@blackglobalnetwork.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: frankodi1@yahoo.com.au
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:30:25 +0100
Subject: Good Day

Attention

The President/CEO

Dear Sir,

Confidential Business Proposal

Happy New Year and Good season that will bring us
success.

Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the
information gathered from the Internet about you,
I have the privilege to request for your assistance
to transfer the sum of 21,500,000.00 (Twenty one million,
five hundred thousand United States dollars) into
your accounts.

The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract by
past government nor existed contract claim to have executed
with nor existed contractor commissioned to be paid by the
previous government official for about some years ago by a
foreign contractor.

This action was however intentional and since then the fund
approval has been in a suspense since the death of the formal
head of states General Sanni Abacha. We are now ready to
transfer the fund overseas with this opportunity as a member
of Debt reconciliation Committee to inspect all concerned
debt by Federal Republic of Nigeria to all foreign contractors.

In this regards I solicit your partnership to front you as a
foreign contractor and the executor of the contract whose
contract entitlement is long due to be paid.

This is where you come in. It is important to inform you that
as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate a foreign account;
that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be
shared as follows: 70% for us, 20% for you and 10% for local and
international expenses incident to the transfer.

The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am member debt
reconciliation committee (DRC) the newly commissioned panel
to review all contract awarded to foreigner (as a result I
discover the apportioned contract was not existing one).

Please If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall
require the following documents:

(a) Your banker's name, company name that you are to
front as the executed company (b) Your private telephone
and fax numbers, for confidentiality and easy communication.
(c) Your letter-headed paper of your company if you have
good company.

I shall communicate to you more details on the modalities
to get this done, along with a breakdown explaining,
comprehensively what we require of you.

The business will take us (14) working days to accomplish.
>From the date of the recommendation from (DRC)


Best Regards

Eng. Frank Odi.

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