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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: "Ademola Johnson." <ade_johnson@chillimail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ade_johnson_003@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 14:16:48 +0100
Subject: Hello

Goodday,

It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on
behalf of my colleagues and myself.
I have decided to seek a confidential
cooperation with you in the execution of the deal
describe hereunder for the benefit of all parties and
hope you will keep it as top secret because of the
nature of this business.

Within the Federal Ministry of Work & Housing(FMWH)
where I work as a Director, Project Implementation and
with the cooperation of our other officials we have in
our possession as overdue payments bills totalling
forty-eight million, five hundred thousand US dollars
($48,500,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad
with assistance and cooperation of a foreign
company/individual to receive the said fund on our
behalf foreign company account into which we can remit
this money by acting as our main partner and trustee.
This we can do by swapping of account and changing of
beneficiary and other forms of documents upon
application for claim to reflect the payment and
approval on behalf of you. This process being
pre-arranged with the principal trustee of the
original contractor and with the consent of the
original contractor.

I have the authority of my partners involved to
propose that should you be willing to assist us in the
transaction your share of the sum will be 30% of the
US$48.5million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses.

The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided
you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
Also, your area of specialization is not a hindrance
to the successful execution of this transaction. I
have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint me. Endeavour to e-mail me to
know your position and include your confidential
telephone and fax numbers or reply to this email
address below :ade_johnson_003@yahoo.com


Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Ademola Johnson.
Director,Project Implementation.(FMWH).

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