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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: "johnson amuh" <johnsonamuh1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:49:38 +0000
Subject: DR.JOHNSON AMUH.

DR.JOHNSON AMUH.
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
PETROLEUM AND MINERAL
RESOURCES.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
LAGOS, NIGERIA
WEST AFRICA.
ATTN:
PLEASE REPLY TO:johnsonamuh@myway.com
Dear Friend,
RE:REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT TO
THE
TRANSFER OF $120,000,000 (one hundred and twenty million dollars)INTO
YOUR ACCOUNT.
I,on behalf of my other colleagues from different Federal Government of
Nigeria owned parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as regards
the transfer of the above stated amount into your bank account. This
fund arose from the overinvoicing of various contracts awarded in my
parastatal to certain foreign contractors sometime ago. We as holders
of sensitive positions in our various parastatal, were mandated by the
federal government to scrutinise all payments made to foreign contractors,
and
discovered that some of the contracts they executed were grossly over
invoiced,
either by omission or commission, although the foreign contractors were
fully paid their entitlements after
executing the said contracts.
We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount be transferred into a bank
account provided by a foreign partner, as the code of conduct of
federal civil service does not allow us to operate foreign accounts.
We are therefore seeking your assistance based on the US$120M which can be
speedily processed and fully remitted into your
nominated
bank account. On successful remittance of the funds into your account,
you will be compensated with 10% of of the amount for your assistance
and
services.
This transaction is closely knitted and in view of our sensitive
positions
we cannot afford a slip.
I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free.We will avail you
with our identities as regards our respective office when relationship
is
fully established and smooth operation commences. I am at your
disposition
to entertain any questions from you in respect of this transaction, so,
contact me immediately through the above email address for further
information
on the requirements and procedure. Please note that this is a DEAL and
confidentiality is of very great importance for security reasons.
Please treat with strict confidenlity and utmost urgency.
N.B: Your telephone and fax numbers are needed for easy communication.
Best regards,
Dr.Johnson Amuh
CIVIL SERVANT
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
PETROLEUM AND MINERAL
RESOURCES

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