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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: "wisdon eze" <wisdoneze@ezezone.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:18:04 +0000
Subject: : NOTIFICATION ON OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT

Attn: THE CONTRACTOR

Dear Sir,

RE: NOTIFICATION ON OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT

Following reports reaching us from the Foreign Creditors and Contractors
regarding non-payment of their accumulated debts which has not been settled,
the president Fredderal Republic of Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjor) has
mandated us to settle all our outstanding debts owed to various foreign
contractors in a bid to redeem the image of this country. To this effect,
the president has called the attention of various ministries not to award
new contract, until it is assured that all our foreign contractors fund are
paid to their respective beneficiaries from the Oil Trust Account with the
JP Morgan Chase Bank New York.

However, we hope that you will not turn down this offer or ignore this
opportunity to receiving your long overdue payment. Well, I know it may be
hard to believe at this stage, considering your sad experience in the past,
which the concerned authorities responsible for the release of your fund
misled and also mishandled your file thereby letting out useful information
to the public. This explains why you receive faxes and calls from different
people across the globe promising to assist you. Even the people you are
dealing with now are misleading you under the pretence of rendering all
needed assistance aimed at releasing your fund.

In view of the foregoing, I believe that you must have lost trust on whom to
believe to be genuine again. Anyway, we do not leave in the past but rather
learn from the past. I implore you to take a chance and adhere to my advice
in order to actualise your payment this time around.

I have been monitoring the problems being faced by both foreign and local
contractors and I want you to believe in my revelation and capability as the
payment co-ordinator of this unit to make your payment possible. I will
by-pass certain official bureaucracy to make sure that your fund are signed
out for payment from the various responsible ministries and I will ensure
that the fund gets to you through this office accordingly.

Finally, be informed that my non-negotiable services of 5% will be paid to
me upon receipt of your fund in any nominated bank account of my choice.
Please call me if my assistance is needed or send me your letter of interest
on my above fax number or email address.

Thank you as await your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

wisdom eze

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