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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: "Mariam Abacha" <aba_19901@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: gabrielsani@sify.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:26:18 +0000
Subject: Attention: FRIEND

FROM; THE DESK OF GABRIEL SANI
Managing Director: N.N.P.C. Nigeria.
Attention: FRIEND
REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP OF GREAT
PROFITS
I am HON GABRIEL SANI the Director of Procurement and Contract
Award at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transtion/business of this
magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on
this medium. this is with trust that i wish to contact you onthis mather
concerning the transfer of (US$30.5)Million Dollars.
sometime ago a contract was awarded by my petroleum corporation (NNPC).toan
internatinal oil Firm,to service ,Turn Around Maintainance and
Rehabilitation Work on kaduna Refinery and Petroleum Company (KRPC)Plant in
Nigeria.
This contract was over invoiced by us (myself and two junor colleagues) to
the tune of (US$30.5 Million United State Dollars).Though the actual
contract cost havebeen paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance
in the tune of the said amount which we have in the principles gotten
approval to remit by Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign
bank account you will provide.
It is based on this that some officials in my department and have decided to
establish a cordial business relationship with you ,hence my contacting, we
want you to present yourself as the beneficiary to this fund , so that we
release the fund your account safety and subsequent disbursement .We have
all modalities set. we have disappointed some years ago by a British, Mr.
Rick Williams whom we trusted with a transaction of this nature up to the
tune of US$50Million U.S. Dollars. He is sitting on our money for no
apparent reason and refused to give us our share but we believe that for his
act of wickedness to us, he will never go unpunished by God..
Mr. Rick Williams still resides in London and enjoying our
collectivemoney.Because of this we are afraid and we need your total trust
and assurance that you must be an honest and straight-forward person
As, we are willing to try again with you believing in your good with you
believing in your good cooperation and Faithfullness.
We have agreed to share the money thus:

1. 30% for the account owner (you).
2 60% for me and my partners
3. 10% to be used in offsetting taxes and all local & foreign expenses.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and risk free and we will
commence the transaction from the date of receipt of the following
information from you via e-mail.
Please if you accept this proposal, send to me by e-mail.
1. Your personal telephone and fax numbers.
2. Your Bank name, address, telephone, fax as well as your Bank Account
numbers. Or you open a new account for this business.
With these information, we are going to put in application for the
release of this funds (US$30.5M) into your account for us all.
Due to our sensitive position, we can not afford a slip in this transaction
so contact me immediately
through my e-email address TELEPHONE NUMBER: 234-80-38254041. for further
information on the requirements and procedure for thi stransaction. It will
only take four working days to conclude this business because once you send
your full name and address with your direct phone and fax number, we shall
credit your account through our Reserved Account in Europe or CANADA .
Remember that my present situation will not allow me to search for another
person, I absolutely HOLDYOU ON TRUST.
Therefore we urge you to respond immediately to this my email address to
enable me commence with the modalities of this transfer as we are well
prepared to do this promising
transaction with you and hope to continue with you in future
Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and utmost urgency.
Yours faithfully,
GABRIEL SANI.
PLEASE KINDLY REPLY WITH THIS
E-MAIL:gabrielsani@sify.com

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