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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: hammedtaf@handbag.com
Reply-To: medtaffa@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:34:20 +0100
Subject: NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PRIVATE DESK OF: DR. ALHAJI HAMMED TAFFA FINANCIAL COMPTROLLER,
{EXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BANK OF NIGERIA.}
21, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island Lagos. (Email:medtaffa@yahoo.com
)

ATT,
TRANSFER OF US$32 MILLION INTO YOUR ACCOUNT & BUSINESS
PARTNERSHIP
To start with, I must plead your strictest confidence in this transaction.
This is by virtue of its nature, as I know this is an unconventional way
of introducing a business, but if you can read my letter carefully, you will
understand the necessity for my action. I am Haji Ammed Taffa, the Financial
Comptroller,Contract Award division Of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC).ATTACED TO NBN.
Some years ago, a contract was awarded to two German (GMBH) Companies by
my committee on behalf of NNPC; the total contract value was US$50 million
but members of my committee deliberately added extra US$32million to enable
us benefit from the project. The companies have been paid fully the total
sum of US$50million since they have completed the project, but we still
have the over invoiced sum of $32million left in the government account
with the National Bank of Nigeria which we intend to share but not until
it is transferred into a foreign account.
To enable us transfer this money into a foreign account, we were able to
convince the President that we left us$32million because the above companies
have abandoned the project without finishing the maintenance portion of the
contract. On the above reason, the President has approved that we find another
company to finish the maintenance portion and pay the balance of us$32million
to the company. There is no work to be performed by you or your company,rather
we shall issue a coverage letter stating that your company have performed
all the internal work to the Kaduna Refinery as maintenance only which does
not involve any work outside the building structure itself.
If you agree to this proposal, we have agreed that the following funds will
be shared thus after it has been paid into your account; a) 30% of the money
will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the fund. b) 10% has been
set aside for reimbursement for incidental expenses that you may be incurred
in the course of the transaction. c) 60% to us (which we wish to commence
an important business in conjunction with you).I would therefore require

(a) Name and address of Company/ Beneficiary
(b) Company bank details
(c) your personal telephone and fax numbers.
This information would be used to make formal applications as a matter of
procedure for the release of the money from the National Bank of Nigeria
and onward transfer to your nominated account. It does not matter whether
or not your company or you do contract projects of the nature described here.
We want this money to be transferred to a foreign account, which you shall
provide bearing in mind that our civil service code of conduct forbids us
from running foreign account.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter if you are interested and send
the above required information
for more details on this transaction,I assure you that this is a 100% risk
free project. I wait in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours
DR. ALHAJI HAMMED TAFFA
FINANCIAL COMPTROLLER.


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