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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.PAUL IKECHUKWU" <paulike1@702mail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulike2@702mail.co.za
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:47:37 -0700
Subject: get back to me

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS-NIGERIAN
E-mail:paulike1@702mail.co.za


DEAR Sir,

RE: TRANSFER OF USD45,500,000.00 (FORTY-FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT

I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as
Chief Accountant and in full agreement with the Auditor-General of this Company (Nigeria Liqiuified Natural Gas) . We scrutinized all records and the accounts of warded and executed contracts of this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime,
since the inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully uncover and mapped out a whopping sum USD $45.5m which we want to transfer into your account as the beneficiary. It might interest you to know that beginning of this current civilian government at a working assets capital of USD 3billion and will definitely gulp more USD 2 billion on the completion of the fifty part. You can authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our client with full guarantee from me.

The money $45.5m has been approved for payment by this company
NLNG, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the
Accountant General of the Federation) and to be paid by the Apex bank of Nigeria.

As top civil Servants, we are not authorized to operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision to use your account in full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside Nigeria.
We have accepted you as our foreign partner and will regularize and update the approvals to reflect you as the true beneficiary of the contract sum USD $45.5m(FORTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR).

Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require much engagements since we have taken care of
the deal in full capacity. We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If you are interested in
this deal, please, contact me through my email. Address above
for more lively information. Remember to give to me your phone and fax lines through which l can send you approved documents for your perusal.

I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you
will understand the confidential nature of this transaction. you
can mail me through the email address above r:paulike1@702mail.co.za

Best regards

DR.PAUL IKECHUKWU

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