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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: joseph okezie <joseph_okezie757@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:49:56 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.


Federal Ministry of Finance
Foreign Operations Dept,
Suite 5b, Old Federal,
Secretariat Ikeja Lagos State,
Nigeria.
E-mail; joseph_okezie757@yahoo.co.uk



Attn:M/D


I am Mr. Joseph Okezie, Financial Controller Working with Department of Foreign operations, Federal Ministry of Finance. I got your contact address through an associate who works with the British chamber of commerce and industry, and I decided to propose to you this business in strict confidence. This transaction requires mutual understanding, transparency and absolute trust to be executed.

One Mr. Paul Goyette, from Canada, Executed a contract with the Federal Ministry of Aviation here in (NIGERIA), the contract worth of (US35.000.000.00 USD) but on the process of transferring the money to him in Canada, he died with his family in an earthquake disaster that occurred in Iran on 26th December 2003, on his holidays visit to iran.

Meanwhile this fund is presently in a Security Vault, in (EUROPE), where it was first transfered to him for claimes before his death on december 2003. but nobody knows what is going on except two of my colleagues and I. This is the information of the contract executed by Mr.Paul Goyette.

Contract Number: FMA/SLE/BIR/2002
Contract Sum: US$35.000.000.00 USD

Therefore, you will stand as the trustee for the Original Contractor, I will send to you the whole relevant documents that are required in this transaction immediately you accept to co-operate with me. Send to me your private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

We have decided to give you 20%of the fund for your involvement, 10% will be for expenses and 70%is for my colleagues and myself.

This deal is 100% risk free and needs maturity from all the parties involved. I will be going for my retirement very soon. So I need this money to invest it in valuable project in your country or its environs. You shall arrange for us to meet with you immediately you cleaim the fund from the security company.

I am waiting for your urgent response as soon as you're in recept of this mail.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. JOSEPH OKEZIE
















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