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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: keneth adams <akeneth1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:35:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: QUICK REPLY NNPC).







From the Desk of: Mr Keneth JOe,
Financial Controller,Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Private Email:keneth2004@zipmail.com.br


Dear,Mr, Mr

Please permits me to introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Keneth Joe, The
Financial Controller, Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

My purpose of writing to you is this: There was a contract awarded to a
foreign contractor, by the Contract Awarding Committee of the N.N.P.C in the
year 2002 and the contract has completed and commissioned. The contract
amount was Hundred Million United States Dollars only but the contractor was
paid 50% of the total contract sum.

Now, the remnant (50%) Fifty Million United States Dollars has been released
since October 2004 by the federal ministry of finance for final settlement
to the contractor. The money is presently in the suspence account of the
NNPC. Since then, the contractor has not showed up and now I had that he is
dead. All the documents that was for the contract are with me.

So I will like to make a deal with you. I want to present you as a
sister-company so that the Fifty Million United States Dollars will be
transfered to your account. After the transfer of the fund, you and I will
share the money, 40% for you and 60% for me.

If you are interested and can handle this offer, please contact me on this
email address: keneth2004@zipmail.com.br so we can discuss on how to proceed
with this transaction.

Warm Regards,
[Keneth JOe]



















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