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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: "treasury controller" <treasurycontroller@msn.com>
Reply-To: treasurycontroller@walla.com
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:56:46 +0000
Subject: Greetings

From Mr.William Smith
Treasury Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
E-mail: treasurycontroller@walla.com

Dear Sir,

SUBJECT: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
I am 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$88 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$73,700,000.00 has been
transferred before the
emergence of this present Civilian Administration, leaving the balance
of US$14,300,000.00.

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, the funds
must be remitted to a foreign account. The remittance of the funds
requires little documentation that would be completed as soon as you
provide us with a secured bank account where you may wish to receive
the money.

There is no risk involved on your part in this transaction since the
former Minister and I have covered this transaction with adequate
contract and external credit documents from the beginning.
What we require from you by fax or Email 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$14,300,000.00
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 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. and please ensure to contacts me on
this email:treasurycontroller@walla.com

Best regard

William Smith

Treasury Controller

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