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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: cac_nnpc@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:46:06 -0700
Subject: contract payment



Attn;Sir

I am Dr Dakora Jack chairman of the presidential foreign debt payment office
attached to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporations and was instructed
by the the of Presidency Federal Republic of Nigeria to find out before
the end of this month, why your contract/ claim of your fund have not been
credited to your account, after instructions has been passed to all various
Government quarters that all over due contract/ claim payments should be
released as a lot of petitions by beneficiary's has been received by this
Ministry.

What this office want you to reconfirm to me your banking particulars where
we will transfer your money/funds to,with your telephone and fax numbers,
why you have not received your payment up-till date?. However I will give
my assistance to make sure your file is in order for payment as two people
came for the claim of the fund and submitted account saying that you are
not well.

But you must give me a promissory note stating your willingness to give
me a reasonable amount of money from
your contract payment immediately you get the payment.

Yours faithfully
Dr Dakora Jack

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