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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: "JAMES EDWARDS" <info_office@nnpc-cbn.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:35:48 +0000
Subject: URGENT

I am Mr.James Edward, the assistant chairman foreign contractors award
committee of Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation [NNPC].

In the fiscal year 2002, there was a contract awarded to Julius Berger
Constructions Company, by NNPC, this contract was to supply and service oil
and gas pipelines in all NNPC refineries in the country.

The said contract has been executed last 2003 and the said contractor paid,
but my good office used it little contacts in the firm to over invoice the
said contract to the sum of Twenty five million dollars [25million dollars].

My office cannot collect the money as the contract was awarded to a foreign
company and thereby the money must be collected by a foreigner, please i am
soliciting you to help in claiming the money as i have every vital documents
to back you up the money on your behalf as the rightful owner.

Once you indicates your willingness to help, i will hire a lawyer that will
go to the federal high court here to obtain a certificate of change of
ownership of the money in Your name, a copy will be sent to you and to the
apex bank JP MORGAN BANK NEW YORK [U.S.A], hence JP MORGAN BANK will contact
you as the rightful beneficiary of the said amount for payment.

For your good help you will get 40% of the total contract value while 60%
will come back to me.

Attn: for security reasons you are ask to reply in my privat email address
assistant@nnpc-cbn.com

Thanks for your understanding and help.

Thanks once again,

Mr. James Edward

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