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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: "Dr. Baron Whyte" <drbwhyte@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dr_baronwhyte@operamail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:29:57 +0100
Subject: SAFE ACCOUNT NEEDED

FROM: Dr. Baron Whyte
EMAIL: dr_baronwhyte@operamail.com

RE: SAFE ACCOUNT
I am Dr. Baron Whyte, the Chief Accountant of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This body was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria to Award and execute developmental contracts to improve the Niger-Delta region of the country where the wealth of the nation is produced. By this we are commissioned to award contracts to foreign-based contractors for various projects in United States Dollars only.

>From 2003 to date we have successfully awarded contracts to the tune of US$875Million to various foreign contractor and 85% of the projects have been completed and commissioned with the contractors fully paid. However we used our position to over-invoiced the contract sums to the tune of US$49.11Million and has equally secured approvals for the payment. Unfortunately, the law here does not permit civil servants to operate foreign bank account(s). Therefore we need your assistance to allow us use your bank account to transfer the funds into it. We shall regularize the approvals to reflect your name as the beneficiary of the contract and further use our position to instruct the bank to wire the funds into your bank account.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. For acting as the beneficiary of the contract and providing your bank account for the funds, you shall be entitled to 15% of the total sum after the operation, while balance 80% shall be for my colleagues and I. The remaining 5% set aside will be to settle any extra cost incurred by any party involved in the transaction, during it execution.

Please note that the transaction will only take a period of about one week to regularize the documents and transfer the funds into your bank account. After the transfer has been done and you confirm that the fund has cleared in your bank account, we shall travel to meet you in your country to collect our share and invest it there in your vibrant economy.

Kindly treat this mail as confidential and indicate your interest by sending the following information to me via my secure Email: dr_baronwhyte@operamail.com
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
God bless you.

Best Regards,

Dr. Baron Whyte

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