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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.Belo Ige" <beloige1@omaninfo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: beloige1@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:14:28 +0200
Subject: Joint Partnership

Dear Partner to be,


It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my colleagues and myself.

I am Dr. Belo Ige,Divisional Controller and Chairman of the Project review and monitoring committee of the Federal Airport Aviation pf Nigeria(FAAN).This agency is an arm of the Federal Ministry of Aviation in charge of the execution,implementation and ofcourse,the review of all capital projects in our Airports across the country.

My colleagues and I in the FAAN are currently in need of a foreign partner with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Forty Nine Million Five Hundred Thosand United States Dollars($49.5m).

To do this, we will need your cooperation as a foreigner who could front to receive the fund on our behalf.

SOURCE OF FUND: The amount represents a percentage of the total contract value executed on behalf of my parastatal by a foreign contracting firm which we over-invoiced. Though the actual contract value has been paid to the original contractor, leaving a balance to the tune of the amount aforementioned, which we have in principle secured approval to remit by telegraphic transfer (T.T) to any bank account,you will provide.

PROCEDURE:This is because as top civil servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank accounts outside our country for now,we are therefore seeking your assistance in providing a company's account or any other offshore bank account into which we can remit this money($49.5m) by acting as acting as a sub contractor to the original contractor.These shall involve some form of of documentations.

I have the authority of my partners to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25% of the $49.5million,70% for us while the balance of 5% will be set aside for refund of all expenses incurred during the process of the transaction.

The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and there is no risk or legal disadvantages either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future as we have put in place perfect mchineries that will ensure a hitch free transfer into your account upon acceptance.

The transfer will be effected to your account within ten-fourteen (10-14) working days as soon as you furnish me with the suitable bank and company details together with all your contact numbers.

Expecting your response and thank you for your cooperation as you and I will open verbal telephone conversation as soon as I receive your positive response and contact details.


Sincerely,


Dr.Belo Ige
(Chairman,review panel)



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