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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: "From Mr. Jeff" <jeffboma@lmxmail.sk>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:51:42
Subject: From Mr. Jeff

I am Mr. Jeff Boma the Director, Project and auditing Department Federal
Ministry of Agriculture. I wish to express my willingness to transfer an
overdue contract sum of US$18,600,000.00(Eighteen Million Six Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) to your Company's Account or Personal
Account, through the office of the Dept reconciliation committee

resulting from debt of contract & services rendered to agricultural
development project (ADP).

This money emanated from over invoicing in a contract awarded to a
foreign firm, for supply and installation of Agricultural Equipments and
Fertilizers to Agricultural Development Project (ADP) by the former minister
of agriculture for his personal purse but unfortunately,

he was unable to transfer this fund to his purse before the emergence of
this present civilian administration.

I discovered this amount from the manifest recently and secured a
payment authority to authenticate the transfer. Your Co-operation is highly
required for this project, note that you will be entitled to share 30% of the
fund, 60% for me and 10% has been mapped out for any

incidental expenses incurred in the process of the transfer.

This Deal is 100% covered from any form of enquiry, the approvals
obtained will be dispatch to you, informing you extensively the progress on
the transfer. You are requested to send the following information urgently
to enable me process the transfer in your name as the beneficiary of the
contract:

(1.) Name and Address of Your Bank
(2.) Account No. and Account Name
(3.) Company’s Name or personal name and Address
(4.) Office Telephone/Fax No.
(5.) Mobile Phone / Residential Phone No:

I have successfully worked out a solution to effect transfer within seven
(7) working days.


Finally, Note a High Degree of Trust and Confidentiality is required from
both parties.

Looking forward to your timely response.


Your urgent reply is highly anticipated.

Best Regards,

Mr. Jeff Boma
Director, Project and Auditing Dept. (FMA)

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