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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: "eze johnson" <jo_eze100@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 11:59:00 +0100
Subject: Business Relationship







ENGR. JOHNSON EZE
DIRECTOR, OBOKUN PAPER & PULP CO.LTD.
(WHOLLY OWNED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ENTERPRISE)
P.M.B.1414 CALABAR, NIGERIA
EMAIL: ALTTRNATIVE mecury82000@yahoo.com

I WOULD LIKE TO BE LIBERTY OF INTRODUCING TO YOU A TERMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY IN
AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, WHICH I AM SURE AS A PERSON OF VISION,IT WILL
CAPTURE YOUR INTEREST.
I ENGR. JOHNSON EZE, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WITH THE OBOKUN PAPER & PULP
CO. LTD. (WHOLLY OWNED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ENTERPRISE) AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA HAS SLATED THE COMPANY FOR SALE THROUGH THE
WORLD BANK MANDATED PROGRMME OF PRIVATIZATION.
THERE WAS A CONTRACT EXECUTED BY A YUGOSLAV COMPANY HERE IN THE T.A.M (TURN
AROUND MAINTENANCE) OF THE OBOKUN PAPER &PULP CO.LTD.BETWEEN 2001-2003.WE AT
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT,HAS AWORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH BCI (BELGRADE
CONSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL) TO OVER INVOICE THE CONTRACT TO THE TUNE OF
US$86.5 MILLIONS. I AND TWO OTHER DIRECTORS ARE THE ONLY PERSON INVOLVED IN
THIS MATTER AND THE MONEY IS HANGING AT THE COFFERS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA. WE WOULD LKE YOU TO HELP US TRANSFER OUR MONEY TO YOUR REGION AND
TO HELP US BID TO PURCHASE THE WHICH IS ONLY WORKING ON ONE QUARTER (1/4)
CAPACITY AS AT NOW. THE SALE OF THE COMPANY SHALL BNE BY PUBLIC TENDER AND
ANY INTERNATIONAL COMPANY WITH PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND WE AT THE FINACE
DEPARTMENT HAS UNDER VALUED THE WORTH OF THE COMPANY TO STREAMLINE OUR
PURCHASING IT THROUGH A FOREIGN AGENT. IN THIS REGARD, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
ACT ON OUR BEHALF ON THE FOLLOWING CAPACITIES.

1 .TO HELP US TRANSFER THE FUND US$86.5 MILLION TO ANY ACCOUNT YOU SHALL
PROVIDE FOR RISK FREE TRANSFER.
2. TO HELP US BY PRINTING ON OUR BEHALF THE PURCHASE OF THE COMPANY.
3 .WE SHALL USE THE PROCEEDS OF THE FUND US$86.5 MILLION IN PURCHASING THE
COMPANY. THE REAL VALUE OF THE COMPANY IS US$102 MILLION BUT WAS UNDERVALUED
TO ONLY US10 MILLION TO ENABLE US PURCHASE IT THROUGH OUR TENTACLES IN THE
GOVERNMENT. I HAVE THE POWER TO SEND THE FUND US$86.5 MILLION THROUGH
WITHIN THREE WEEKS AS SOON AS YOU COOPERATE WITH US FULLY. ALL I NEED FROM
YOU IS A BANK ACCUNT WHERE THE FUND US86.5 MILLION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED. WE
SHALL SHARE THE MONEY US$86.5 MILLION 60% FOR US AND 40% FOR YOU.

THE TECHINCAL DATA OF THE COMPANY IS AS FOLLOWS:
1 NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES: 500 WORKERS
2 TOTAL PAPER AND TOTAL BOARD CAPACITY: 280,000 MT/Y
3 TOTOAL PULP CAPACITY 104,400 MT/Y, OTHER RECYCLED CATEGORISE STONE GROUND
18,000MT/Y, BSCM_86,400 MT/Y, OTHER RECYCLED FIBRE 64,800 MT/Y.
4 PRINTING/WRITING 268,400MT/Y, COATED WOOD CONTAINING 14,400 MT/Y, COATED
WOOD FREE 1,200 MT/Y PACKAGING/ INDUSTRIAL 78,000, YANKEE GLAZED 9,00 MT/Y

GRADES:

ALBUM PAPER, BANK NOTES PAPER, ART PAPER, ASPHALT PAPER, BAG PAPER, BOOK
PAPER, BOX BOARD, FOLDING, RIGID, BUSINESS FORM PAPER, CALENDAR ROLL PAPER,
COATING BASE PAPER, CONSTRUCTION PAPER, CONTAINER BOARD, COPIER PAPER, CRAFT
SACKWRAPPING, DECALCOMNIA PAPER, PRINTING PAPER ETC. PULPERS: REFINERS;
5(DOUBLE DISC), PAPER MACHINE 8.

FOR EASY COMMUNICATION, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR PERSONAL PHONE AND DIRECT FAX
LINES AND EMAIL TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO E-MAIL ME ALL THE
PARTICULARS FOR SAFETY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. I AM EARNESTLY WAITING TO HEAR
FROM YOU SOON.

BEST REGARDS

ENGR., JOHNSON EZE

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