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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: "Usman Bello" <usmanbello@bellousman.com>
Reply-To: bellus2000@myway.com
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:04:08 +0000
Subject: Transaction Contact.(Private)

Transaction Contact.

Sir,

This letter might come as a surprise to you especially since we have never
met or discuss before. Basically, the message might sound strange but it is
factual in reality if only you care to know.

The truth is that I should have notified you first through a more
confidential means, (even if it's at
least to respect your integrity) please accept my humble apologies if i had
caught you unawares, i
frankly do not mean any harm in passing my message. We are members of the
Special Committee for Budget and Planning of the Ministry of Petroleum and
Mineral Resources. This committee is principally concerned with contract
appraisal and the approval of contract in order of priorities as regards
capital projects of the federal excutive government of Nigeria with our
positions we have successfully secured for ourselves the sum of sixty
million five hundred thousand dollars (us$60.5M) the amount was accumulated
from the over invoice.

Hence, together with some of the top officials of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Finance. We plan to
transfer this amount of money sixty million five hundred thousand dollars
(us$60.5M) into an overseas account by awarding a non existing contract from
my ministry (NNPC). To this effect i decided to contact you and ask for your
assistance. What we need from you sir, is to provide a very vital account
in which the funds will be transferred. My
colleagues and I have agreed to compensate the owner of the account used for
this transaction with 25% of the total amount remitted. We shall keep 73%
and remaining 2% reserved for taxes and other miscellaneous expenses.
Finally, the confidence and trust reposed on you cannot be over emphasised.
Therefore, you are to keep this deal to yourself confidentially. Calibre of
personnels involved are men in government.So cannot effort to loose our
respective reputation to our dear country if jeopardise by you.

Contact me urgently with private detial infomations for our easier
communication.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR USMAN BELO,

CHAIRMAN CONTACT AWARD & MONITORING COMMITTEE

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