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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: "MESSAGE SENDER" <msg@msgworld.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:43:52 +0000
Subject: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR.

THE PRESIDENCY,
CONTRACT VERIFICATION PANEL
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO ROCK VILLA, ABUJA

Payment Code: FGN /CWB/VX/1402/X05
Date: 26/08/05

RE: APPROVED CONTRACT PAYMENT.

In accordance to the promise the president made to the whole foreign
contractors in New York on HIV Summit, that every contractor who has duly
executed Contract with the Federal Government of Nigeria will receive
his/her sum without further delay for his second term ruling.

Note that we have set up a Committee to investigate every Contract claims
and immediate payment of their Contract sums. Upon your receipt of this
message, forward all your claims to the Office of the Deputy Governor,
Foreign Operations and Wire Transfer Department Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN). No other person(s) will pay your Contract sum except this Office
headed by DR.Kelvin Bello the Deputy Governor.

Also note that the World Bank has been mandated to look into, and ascertain
approved of the overdue contractors for their payments. In view of this, we
have set aside a total sum of $850 Million USD (Eight Hundred an Fifty
Million US Dollars) for settlement of our indebtedness to contractors who
are not in any way putting up fictitious claims to cheat the Federal
Government of Nigeria.

Contact DR.Kelvin Bello
Telephone number: 234-802-853-3576
E-mail: kelvinvello02@yahoo.com

With all your contractual claims for proper investigation. I implore you to
come and invest in any part of our economy. This is to show the world, how
trustworthy and transparent our government is. Note that an individual
payment secret code has been allocated to you, PAYMENT CODE:
FGN/CWB/VX/1402/X05. Therefore, any letter in respect of your fund transfer
without this code is null and void and therefore fraudulent. You are to
reconfirm this code in your correspondence with the Deputy Governor.

Confirm the receipt of this message immediately by contacting the Deputy
Governor (CBN) DR.Kelvin Bello on his telephone number: 234-802-853-3576 for
your contract sum, which is set to be remitted into your account through
normal bank telegraphic transfer or by confirmed certified International
bank draft.

Yours faithfully,
Engr Emmanuel Nwaiwu
FOR- COMMITTEE

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