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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: jgarba@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:47:11 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20Fund=20Interest=20Payment?=

Attn: Fund Beneficiary

Dear Sir,
I wish to solicit your understanding and co-operation in a proposal which
I have carefully analized and which will be of mutual benefit to us.

My name is Joseph Garba, I am a staff of National Bank of Nigeria Plc.Be
informed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had designated our Bank
to assist in offsetting debts owed to Foreign Customers /Contractors and
Inheritance. To this effect an arrangement was entered intobetween the Central
Bank of Nigeria and my Bank. This arrangement was made as a result of the
problems faced by the Apex Bank in respect of incessant claims being made
by debtors and which have till date remained unsettled.The Apex Bank designated
various Banks to assist it in its responsibility to the Customers/ Contractors
who have genuine claim.

Consequently, your payment file is among those forwarded to our Bank for
effective payment. But due to protocol which occasioned unnecessary delay,
the funds earmarked for the settlement of these claims and lodged in our
bank for over 12 months have accrued some interest which was discovered
during our auditing exercised for the year ended December 2004.

I am writing you primarily to reach a mutual understanding with you to enable
the bank approve the accumulated interest totaling
USD$4,300,000.00 (Four Million Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars) for immediate
payment to you, pending the settlement of your original claim. The Central
Bank of Nigeria is not aware of this accrued interest and rather than adding
it to the original sum. I can assist you in securing documents for the transfer
of this interest without unnecessary protocol. Endeavor to contact me immediately
through my email address to enable us discuss this issue more elaborately.This
opportunity will benefit both of us a great deal and should be treated with
seriousness as the procedure is not expected to lapse for more than 4 working
days.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Joseph Garba.




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