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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: chrisahmed002@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:37:26 -0700
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Christopher Ahmed.I am an accountant with the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ).

Your contact was made available by the corporate affairs department of our
trade ministry. I am glad to introduce this transaction to you hoping that
you will love to partake in it and jointly accomplish same with us for our
mutual benefits.

I am a principal accountant with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and presently the CHAIRMAN, CONTACT REVIEW & MONITORING COMMITTEE
of the same corporation. During a recent review, we discovered that the
sum of FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$15,000,000.00) is floating
in a suspense account at our Apex Bank as a result of over invoiced contracts
already executed.

I and my colleagues have therefore resolved to avail this rare opportunity
to our advantage and consequently have perfected a risk free scheme to transfer
this fund abroad. But as civil servants, we cannot operate foreign account,therefore
we need somebody who can provide an enabling offshore account to facilitate
the transfer of these funds.

We shall present you to our Federal Ministry of Finance as one of the contractors
who have successfully executed his awarded contract by this commission (NNPC),now,awaiting
payment to enable these fund be paid out to you immediately as a contractor.
I want you to note that all the paper work to establish you as a contractor
with our ministry (The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation) have all
been put in place awaiting your consent.
We are therefore seeking your assistance and permission to remit this amount
into your account. Your commission will be 20% of the total sum,10% has
been set aside for reimbursing cost of expenses during the course of transaction
and the balance of 70% is for me and my colleagues.

Could you please notify me of your acceptance to carry out this transaction
through this email address upon receipt of this message. I shall in turn
inform you of the modalities for a formal application to secure the necessary
approvals of the immediate release of this fund into your account.

I want you to note that you are not in any risk for your honest and sincere
assistance in this transaction as the payment will be made in the most
legal process.

Contact me urgently through this my e-mail address and include your personal
telephone and fax numbers.


Thanks for your expected co-operation.

Regards,

Mr.Christopher Ahmed.
(CHAIRMAN, CONTACT REVIEW & MONITORING COMMITTEE).


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