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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: "elizabeth cole" <elizabethcole2005@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:53:45 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

$10.5M USD ARE TO BE TRANSFER IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT URGENT REPLY


ATTN SIR/MADAM

I am DR MRS ELIZABETH COLE the Treasury Controller, Nigerian National
Petroleum
Corporation [NNPC] and a close associate of the immediate past
Minister of Petroleum Resources.
The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of US$85 millions
recovered from an over-invoiced contracts involving the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] into several private account
in Europe and United States. A total sum of US$70,000,000.00 has
been transferred before the emergence of this present Civilian
Administration,leaving the balance of US$10.5m usd
I have made proper arrangement/documentation to transfer the balance
which is retained in a coded account of the NNPC with the Central
Bank of Nigeria.


We are soliciting that you help us to receive the fund in trust. We
cannot complete this transaction smoothly without the participation
of a foreign partner who would provide an account where the funds
could be lodged. Since it is a contract payment, thefunds must be
remitted to a foreign account. The remittance of the funds requires
little documentation.


There is no risk involved on your part in this transaction since the
former Minister and I have covered this transaction with adequate
contractand external credit documents from the beginning.
What we require from you by e-mail or fax are viz:
{i} Acceptance letter of this offer
{ii} Your company name and confidential telephone and fax numbers
{iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to
abide by the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is
CONFIDENTIALITY.


We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire
US$10.5m usd. for your effort in this transaction, 70% for us
partners here in Nigeria and the remaining 10% will be used for
defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this transfer.
Please reply urgently by fax or e-mail as we expect that the
transaction will not take more than ten working days. And please
note that this transaction must be top secret.

Best regard.
DR MRS ELIZABETH COLEe
(Treasury Controller NNPC)

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