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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: "livi ajumona" <info@liviajumona.net>
Reply-To: liviajumona@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:37:41 +0000
Subject: FROM MR AJUMONA !







Dear Friend,

I am Mr Livi Ajumona, Deputy Chief Accountant of the Nigerian
NationalPetroleum Corporation, I got your contact from a business directory
and I believe you are well positioned to assist me in a very important
business transaction, involving the sum of USD (Eight Million, Six Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars).

During the course of our reconciliation and balancing of account two of my
colleagues and I, discovered that the sum of USD Eight Million, Six Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars is a loating fund realized from the sales of
crude oil in the past one year.As a result of the Gulf crisis the NNPC has a
windfall in the sale of crude oil running into Billions of Dollars as
against the estimated revenue in the fiscal year. By and by the amount of
money realized was bove the calculated barrels of crude oil that was sold.

We have submitted our balance sheet for the sales to the federal government
and it has since been vetted and signed by the presidency. Currently the
floating funds are in a safe custody of a security outfit. My colleagues and
I now reached an understanding to contact a foreigner well placed to receive
the funds in his account; as we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account. You shall be part of the sharing of the funds if we have your
cooperation to receive the funds in your account.

Upon your acceptance to assist and be part of this business, we shall
acquaint you with the details of the transaction. We shall also send a
representative to your country to meet with you and discuss plans on blue
chip investment on lucrative areas in your country with your advice, when
you confirm the receipt of the funds.

Be assured that this transaction will not subject you to any form of risk
whatsoever. However, in view of the fact that we are public officials, we
trust you will maintain and properly manage the confidentiality of all the
information relating to this transaction, which we have accordingly code
;FORTUNE; which you must use for all correspondences, henceforth.

Your urgent response will be appreciated.

Best regards,

Mr Livi Ajumona.

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