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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: "Shittu Donald" <shittudonald75@shittudonald.com>
Reply-To: shittudonald70@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:26:46 +0000
Subject: Hello

FROM The Desk of:
SHITTU DONALD
Head of NNPC Accounting Dept.
TEL/FAX: 234+8028118655
EFAX: 44+8701357461
ALT EMAIL: sdonald65@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,

INTRODUCTION:-
I am Mr. Shittu Donald the (an Accountant) head of accounting dept. with
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); under the auspices the
Federal Ministry of Petroleum. I and my partner (Engr. John Obi) are in
search of an agent to assist us in receiving the sum of {11,850 Million}
Eleven Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty U.S Dollars only, and subsequent
investment in Properties and/or any lucrative venture in your country.

ORIGINATION OF THE MONEY:-
It was realized from an over invoiced/inflated contract awarded to an Arab
Contractor for the Engineering, Procurement, Maintenance of existing Oil
Refinery in Nigeria with Contact No. NNPC/FGN/V1761/CON-2/02. The Job
completion certificate NO: FGN52071 was issued on 27th May, 2003 and
commissioned. And the contractors' money fully paid leaving behind this over
inflated sum of $11,850 Million which we purposely procured for our personal
use.

SHARING MODE:-
You shall be entitled to 20% of the total amount for assisting us, if you
will be of assistance to us in this regard. And 5% will be for any expense
incurred by both parties during the course of getting this money transferred
into your account. While the remaining 75% will be left for us {I and my
colleagues (2)}.

PROCEDURES OF THE TRANSFER:-
1. You will be purported as a Contractor owed by our government. All
documents to back up this claim are in our possession and as soon as you
indicate you interest, we will procure and swear an affidavit in the high
court and other necessary documents in your favor.
2. All charges such as Cost of Transfer, Fluctuation Marginal Difference,
Tax of all kind shall be deducted from the source.
3. To commence, you will provide us with your information as such as your
full name and address, Tel and Fax numbers so that we can start the
processing of the required documents.

Kindly give this matter a prompt and quick reply using (Strictly) with
phone/fax no 234-8028118655 or Email address - sdonald65@yahoo.com. ON
RECEIPT OF YOUR RETURN MAIL/FAX WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS WITH THIS
REGARD.

Lastly, with scam/spam/Fraudulent mail plaguing the world today, this
Transaction is Subject for Verification. Thus I may request for a
pre-meeting to guarantee the high level of credibility which this business
demands and I hope you will not betray the trust and confidence repose on
you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. SHITTU DONALD
Alt. Email add.: sdonald65@yahoo.com

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