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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: "martins offor" <martinsoffor04@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: martinsoffor04@uymail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:28:34 -0800
Subject: my friend

Senator Martins Horsefall Offor
Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC)
NDDC House
Garki,Wuse 3,Nigeria.
Email;martinsoffor04@coolgoose.com

I am Senator Martins Horsefall Offor , a consultant engineer with the Niger
Delta Development Commission an organ of government overseeing the operations
and conduct of oil producing companies in the Niger Delta regions of Nigeria.

I am contacting you on the issue of assisting me in transferring the sum
of $15,500,000.00 United States Dollars (FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) into a safe account in your country or another country
and the need is very urgent.

I write to solicit for the transfer of this money into your account or any
account that you will provide. This money was generated from a contracts
awarded by my office. I am contacting you based on the following reasons:

As a civil servant, I am not permitted to own foreign accounts due to the
civil service code of conduct. I will need you to pose as the contractor
whom my office awarded this contract to and we are recommending you for
the payment of this fund to after executing the contract.

Your assistance and cooperation is highly needed and I will like to assure
you that there is nothing to fear in this business as this transaction is
100% risk free. You will also suggest the percentage you want for the assistance.i
would also like you to send me your private telephone number,fax number.
I sincerely believe that with your full cooperation this business will be
concluded in the shortest possible time.

I look forward to having a good business relationship with you now and in
the near future.

Awaiting your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,

Senator Martins Horsefall Offor(BSC,FRSC,MON).



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