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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: ibrahimel_mustapha@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:49:37 +0100
Subject: WARM GREETING



DEAR SIR,

I WISH TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU. I AM IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA THE FIRST SON
OF HAMZA EL MUSTAPHA WHO WAS THE FORMER CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER TO THE MILITARY
DICTATOR OF NIGERIA, GENERAL SANI ABACHA. THE LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA DIED
UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 1998. HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE ARMY POISONED
HIM IN THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA (ASO ROCK) BECAUSE HE RULED NIGERIA WITH AN
IRON HAND.

WITH THE DEATH OF THE DICTATOR, ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN THE COUNTRY AND A
CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION WAS SWORN INTO POWER. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE NEW
CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION, A DECISION WAS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
TO PROBE AND PROSECUTE ALL MILITARY OFFICERS THAT SERVED IN THE LAST MILITARY
REGIME OF THE LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA. MY BROTHER, MAJOR HAMZA EL MUSTAPHA
WAS SINGLED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY AS AN ARMY OFFICER THAT MUST
BE PUNISHED BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSENESS TO THE LATE DICTATOR AND GROSS HUMAN
RIGHT ABUSES ON THE CITIZENS OF NIGERIA. MY BROTHER AND I WERE BEST OF FRIENDS
AND HE SHARED ALL HIS SECRETS WITH ME. THE FORMER CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER
TO THE LATE HEAD OF STATE MAJOR HAMZA AL MUSTAPHA HAD PRIVATE ACCOUNTS THAT
ARE WORTH 100 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS AROUND THE WORLD. PRESENTLY
HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY AND IS PRESENTLY HELD
IN PRISON ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE. I WAS DIRECTLY INFORMED
BY MY CONTACTS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, THAT HE WILL BE CONVICTED BECAUSE
OF HIS POSITION AS THE FORMER CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER TO THE LATE DICTATOR.

SHORTLY BEFORE THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT ARRESTED MY FATHER, HE ENTRUSTED TO
ME THE SUM OF US$30.5M FOR SAFEKEEPING. THIS AMOUNT WAS TO BE SENT TO HIS
MISTRESS IN LEBANON TO LAUNDER FOR HIM. I HAVE SINCE HAD THIS AMOUNT WITH
ME IN A BANK HERE IN NIGERIA. I CANNOT SEND THIS MONEY TO MY FATHER'S TO
HIS ACCOUNT ANY MORE BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION OF THINGS OVER HERE. I NEED
YOUR ASSISTANCE IN MOVING AND SECURING THIS MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT ABROAD.
I WILL ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE YOU WITH 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
AND CO-OPERATION WITH ME TO MOVE THIS FUND OUT OF THE BANK.

THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION COLLECTIVELY RETIRED NINETY-TWO SERVING OFFICERS
INCLUDING MY FATHER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THIS MONEY IS NOT SAFE WHERE
IT IS KEPT ANY MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT ALL THE RETIRED OFFICERS
MIGHT HAVE THEIR ESTATE CONFISCATED AS PART OF THE CURRENT SANITATION EXERCISE
TO STOP CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY. ALREADY OUR VARIOUS PRIVATE BANK ACCOUNTS
HAVE BEEN FROZEN PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THEIR INVESTIGATION AND WE ARE BEING
CLOSELY MONITORED. I INTEND TO SAFEGUARD AND INVEST THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY
ABROAD WITH A RELIABLE FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER SO THAT WE CAN INVEST THE
FUNDS IN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY. THAT IS WHY I AM SOLICITING
YOUR ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION AS REGARDS THIS BUSINESS. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE
BEEN CONCLUDED WITH THE BANK THAT HAS OFFICE IN EUROPE TO RECEIVE THE
MONEY.

PLEASE INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME BY SENDING TO ME THE FOLLOWING
AS THE BENEFICIARY INFORMATION; BENEFICIARY'S NAME, ADDRESS AND YOUR PRIVATE
PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU AND COMMENCE THE TRANSACTION
IN EARNEST. I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU VERY SOON.

BEST REGARDS.

IBRAHIM EL MUSTAPHA



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