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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: "kumalo" <kumalo69@handbag.com>
Reply-To: kumalola@jmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:02:54 -0700
Subject: ASSIST ME


DEAR SIR/MADAM

REQUEST FOR URGENT AND A CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP.

I REPRESENT A TEAM OF HIGHLY PLACED OFFICIALS WITH THE
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) AS WELL
AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE
(CRC), WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMMENCING AN IMMEDIATE
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. WE HEREBY STRONGLY
SOLIICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERING (FOREX) FUNDS
WHICH TOTALS US$25.500,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) INTO
A RELAIBLE PERSONAL OR COMPANY ACCOUNT OVERSEAS WHICH
YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER.

THESE FUNDS ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN THE NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) ACCOUNT WITH
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN). THESE ARE AS A RESULT
OF GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED CONTRACTS WHICH WERE EXECUTED
FOR THE NNPC DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA
AND ARE PRESENTLY UNDER VERIFICATION. TO THIS EFFECT,
THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA SET UP A
CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY, VERIFY,
SCRUTINIZ,APPROVE AND RECOMMEND FOR PAYMENT ALL
VALID CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN FULLY EXECUTED. IN
THE COURSE OF OUR ASSIGNMENT, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A
LOT OF MISAPPROPRIATED AND INLFATED FUNDS WHICH ARE
PRESENTLY FLOATING IN THE SUSPENSE ACCOUNT OF THE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR PAYMENT. THE
COMPANIES WHICH EXECUTED THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN DULY
PAID. IT IS THE OVER INFLATED SUM OF US$25,500,000.00
THAT WE NOW INTEND TO TRANSFER INTO A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT URGENTLY.

I HAVE BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF CAPABILITY BY MY
COLLEGUES TO SECURE THE COOPERATION OF AN OVERSEAS
PARTNER INTO WHOSE ACCOUNT THIS OVER INFLATED SUN
COULD BE TRANSFERRED FOR ONWARD DISBURSEMENT AMONG US.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST US BY
SENDING YOUR PERSONAL DATAS,YOUR TEL/FAX NUMBER FOR
EASY COMMUNATON IF YOU HAVE IT, YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR
NEAREST AIRPORT AND YOUR AGE / OCCUPATION.

WE WILL SHARE THE FUNDS IN A RATIO WHICH WILL BE
SATISFACTORY TO ALL. HOWEVER, WE PROPOSE 60% FOR US
(THE OFFICIALS), 30% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER (YOU) AND
10% TO BE USED IN SETTLING TAXATION AND ALL LOCAL AND
FOREIGN EXPENSES WHICH ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS
PROJECT?S PROMPT REALIZATION, THIS IS BEING STRONGLY
CONSIDERED BY US OVER HERE AS OUR PATTERN OF
DISBURSEMENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS
100% RISK FREE AND SAFE. SO SEND IMMEDIATELY THE
ABOVE NAMED REQUIREMENTS THROUGH MY E-MAILFOR FULL
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR.KUMALO GOERGE.














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