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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: "Barr Nnamdi Ofor" <nnamdiofor@i12.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nnamdiofor@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:54:44 +0100
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE



URGENT PARTNERSHIP.

I must apologize for the strange manner I have jumped into your personal
mail this is as a result of the urgency of the transaction as a whole.

I am Barrister Nnamdi Ofor, of Nnamdi ofor Chambers, one of my Clients who
is late now an Engineer "Engr. JOHN PHILIPS of JOHNPHIL Construction
Company, carried out a Contract with the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas(NLNG) worth
$15,000,000:00(Fifteen Million U.S Dollars). The Contract was Duly Completed
and a Job Completion Certificate was Issued to support that, but due to the
Internal problem within the Organization the payment was delayed, I was
consulted by the late Engr, who handed over to me the Original of every
Document related to this Contract. I was consulted as to assist him in the
recovery of this payment, after a period of two months to be precise, that I
was consulted my Client (Engr.John Philips) died of Cardiac arrest.

For about four Months now I have succeeded in the recovery of this payment,
which has been paid into his Account here in my Country, all efforts to get
the Direct next of Kin to this Late Engineer has not been successful and it
is a policy here that such payments after six months should be confiscated and
shared among the Board of Director?s of the Bank, it is on this I am
soliciting your Urgent Partnership as to Present you as the Next of Kin to
the Late Engineer, to enable us convert this fund for our Personal Utilization
as my Legal fee has not been fully paid before his demise.

To actualize this arrangement you are to forward to me the following:

1) YOUR NAME IN FULL OR COMPANY NAME.
2) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE NUMBER.

I have resolved to offer you 35 of this total sum for the essential role and
5 has been set aside for re-imbursement of any expenses, should there be
any. 60 is for me the Initiator.

Please forward to me the requested information on return mail as I have
perfected arrangement for a hitch free transaction, so long as this remains
confidential on your side.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Nnamdi Ofor

nnamdiofor@netscape.net

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