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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: "Engnr.HARY JACK" <engnr_hary01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: engnr_hary@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:15:53 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN: CEO,

REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS {US$15,300,000.00} ONLY, INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

Compliment of the season.

I am the Deputy Director of finance, foreign payment approval dept. of West
African Monetary Control Board (WAMCB). North-West Regional office Burkina Faso.
My office oversee alldevelopmental projects financed by the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS). Within this zone (Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali,
Ivory Coast, Ghana andGuinea).With reference to an introduction and
recommendation of you by a frienD whO works in the Burkina Faso Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, I do hereby,Wish to commence talk with you on a highly
confidential level. After due consultations with my colleagues, We have decided
to contact you in orderto arrange for a possible transfer of the sum of Fifteen
million three hundred thousand dollars (US$15.300.000.00) into your account.
This money is a subject of an over inflated sum acquired from contracts awarded
by my Agency in the past years.

The original contractors have however, been paid and all projects executed by
them commissioned. This over inflated amount can not be withdraw locally from
the paying Bank because the contractors concerned are foreign Firms.As a matter
of trust, honesty andsecrecy, we have decided to contact you as to assist us
provide an account for this transaction if you have accepted to assist and fully
participate in this transaction, kindly furnish us with the necessary
information such asBank address, Account number, Account name and your full
address.

With this information provided, the said sum will be transfer to your account
without difficulties. The terms of sharing the money after a successful transfer
will be discuss as you indicate your interest in assisting to transfer this
money. Immediately all these information gets to us, we will then present every
document to the paying bank. Be rest assured with our connections, everything
will be through within a short time.After many years of meticulous services to
the government and people of our sub region we would not want our image to be
dented. Therefore we expect you to handle this transaction with utmost maturity
by keeping everything secret. I can assure you that if ourinstructions are
carefully adhered to,there will not be any hitch through out the transaction,
there is no risk on your side, because we have perfected the deal very well over
years.

After the transfer, we will be coming over to your country for further sharing
and possible investments.I'm waiting to hear from you urgently through the telephone number
below or mail me back ASAP.
Engnr.HARY JACK

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