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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: "CITI GROUP" <intlpayments@citi-group.org>
Reply-To: pmers1@ixp.net
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:20:30 +0000
Subject: DEBT SETTLEMENT

Attn: Contractors/Beneficiaries of Inheritance Claims

Re: Part Payment of $ 5.5m (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)

The Government of Federation of Nigeria in colaboration with CITI GROUP has
negotiated a Par Bond Utility Loan from a consortium of International
providers to be used to pay the outstanding amounts owed to Foreign
contractors /Beneficiaries of Inheritance Claims.This loan facility is
backed by Federal Securities and is being managed and administered by
International Arbitration and Settlement Bank (IASB).Payment will be
activated by the feeding of your data into the payment system followed by a
signal that will be sent to our settlement bank to slot fund for swift
telegraphic transfer to your nominated bank account.

The payment process is protected by two security codes to prevent abuse and
payment to wrong person(s).The first code will be your activity code and the
second code will be your Payment Identification Number.The Securities and
Exchange Commission will supply the first while the second code will be
supplid by the Loan Administrator. Due to complications and fraud that have
arisen by the misrepresentations within the Nigerian Financial Institutions
and Government Agencies,it became necessary to administer payment directly
to beneficiaries through an Independent Agent in London,

You are required to immediately contact the Controller, Mr.Philip Odouza
on Tel: +234-1-790-6587 or Email: pmers1@ixp.net for more details of the
programe and to corroborate the details below for assessment and processing
your ACTIVITY CODE.

(1)Full Name/ Company
(2) Tel/Fax;No.
(3)Residential address
(4)Occupation
(5) Bank details.
(6) Valid identification(International passport or drivers license)


Your swift reponse is adviced.

Protocol Office
Debt Settlement Dept.
CITI GROUP
1st Floor, NDIC Building, Plot 447, 448 Construction Avenue,
Central Business District, Federal Capital Territory
FCT Abuja.
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constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the
addressee. It is the property of the Agency of the sender of this e-mail.
Unauthorized use, disclosure, or copying of this communication or any part
thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.If you have received
this communication in error, please notify us immediatelyby return e-mail
and destroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all
attachments.

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