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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: raphaelbukola@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:51:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: INVESTMENT TRUST


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:raphael_bukola@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Sir, It is my humble pleasure to make this business plans to you. I am requesting if it could please you to help me to keep USD225.875 million in your bank account under a Safe Custody Arrangement. This is legitimate. It is an unspent deliberate approved surplus budget 2007, of the Petroleum Trust Fund of The Federal Republic of Nigeria.Please betray not he who confides in you. As the Senate Committee chairman incharge of Budgets in the National Assembly and in confidence with the Executive Director and Principal Accountant of the Nigera Petroleum Resources, we hereby deem it more necessary to siphon off the surplus with any trustworthy and confidential foreign partner who could be of better assistance. Please bear with me. The plan of this fund to you is not to pass through any bank, or bank to bank fund transfer. But if you insist, we can do a bank to bank wire transfer. We intend to use my official position as executive senator to make Diplomatic Courier in which part of Europe I may find the coast very clear to bring the fund to you in CASH. Though, you are not restricted to an opinion or desire to open Account while in Europe to move the fund to your bank of interest. Therefore, the onus of proof in the area of trust, meeting in Europe for the fund handover and accptance of this offer lies on you as my proposed confidant and I can promise a secured and speedy fund delivery to you in person or to your designated bank account as you may nominate. It is our collective resolve and best interest of the business to define conditions of operation in lieu of your anticipated kindness to the programme, so that our interest and commitment shall be duly protected: 1. Yourself shares in 20% of the principal 2. Ourselves shares in 75% of the principal (25x3) 3. Charity organizations shares in 2% of the principal 4. Contingency shares in 3% of the principal which covers every out of pocket investment within this short period of handover. I do hope to receiving your considered reply shortly. Yours truly, Mr. Raphael Bukola

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