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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: "DAVID OKON" <okon11@di-ve.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:56:32
Subject: FROM DAVID OKON



I am writing you based on the research my personal assistant carried
out and he recommended you among three others who could be of
help. I am Mr. David Okon, the Head of Project and Implementations
Department of the office of Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit (BMPIU),
other wise known as Due Process which was established in June 2003 by the present regime.
I wish to express my willingness to transfer an overdue
contract sum of US$21,000,000.00 to your Company's
Account or Personal Account, through the Central Bank
of Nigeria 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 Fertilizer 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
20% of the fund, 70% 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:

({i} Acceptance letter of this offer

{ii} Your company name and confidential telephone and fax numbers

{iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to abide by the
requirements of this proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY.
We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire US$21,000,000.00 for
your effort in this transaction, 70% for us partners here in Nigeria and the
remaining 10% will be used for defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this transfer.


Please reply urgently by e-mail or fax 234-9-2721960 as we
expect that the transaction will not take more than five working days. And please note
that this transaction must be top secret.

Your urgent reply is highly anticipated.

Best Regards,

Mr. David Okon.

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