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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: "KENNETH MADUKA" <ken_maduka@prosport.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ken_maduka@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:04:45 -0700
Subject:

Dear sir/madam,

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed
properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and
Finance Allocation of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in
Nigeria. Considering his very strategic and influential position, he
would want the transaction to be strictly confidential as possible. He
further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now,
until the completion of the transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas
agent. I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to
act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction.

The deal, in brief, is that the funds with which we intend to carry out
our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded
account there in EUROPE (i.e. BUILDING SOCIETY) and we need
your assistance to transfer the funds into a convenient
bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds
into use in your country. For this, you shall be considered to have
executed a contract for the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in
Nigeria, for which payment should be effected to you by the Ministry of works and housing offshore representive.

The contract sum of which shall run into US$25 Million, of which your
share shall be 20% if you agree to be our overseas agent. As soon as
payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully
transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in
acquiring some estates abroad. For this too you shall also serve as our
agent. In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the
following information: 1. Your company name and address 2. Your
personal fax number 3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through
my above stated email address after which we shall discuss in details the
modalities for seeing this transaction through. Your quick response
will be highly appreciated.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
KENNETH MADUKA.

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