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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: willfred kalup <wilfred_mailbox@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:31:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SEEKING FOR AN URGENT INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.



Compliment of the day.
I am Dr.Wilfred Kalu.(SAN) , a director of the contracts Award and review Department with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am contacting you on this business of transferring the sum of US$25,386,000,00. (twenty five Million Three Hunderd and Eighty Six thousand United States Dollas only) into a safe foreign account and the need is very urgent.
I got your contact from the Nigeria Chambers of Commerce and it is with business trust that made me to contact you on this matter. I write to
solicit for the transfer of this money into your account. This Money was generated from an over Invoiced contact sum in my corporation (NNPC). 20% of this sum is for you as compensation for using your Bank acconut in transferring this money 5% should be for the expenses made during the processing of the transferring. While 75% is for me. As a cvil servant, I am not permitted to own foreign account due to cvil service code of conduct.
secondly, my financial resources will not be sufficient for me to handle the transfer alone successfully, hence the need to seek your co-opertion
in order to transfer the money as soon as possible.
Please note that I will arrange to meet you immediately after the successful conclusion of the transfer, the 75% share of mine will be used
for investment oversea. Your assistance and co-operation is highly needed I assure you that this business is 100% free.
if you are interested I will require your banking information as mentioned below:
1. Your bank name and address
2. Your account number
3. Name to be used as beneficiary
4. Your bank telephone and fax number.
5. Or you can within the shortest possible time, confidentially open an entirely new (Virgin) account for the transaction.
I hope to conclude this business within the next fourteen-(14) working days. Looking forward to your anticipated and urgent positive response.
Best regards,
Dr Wilfred Kalu.(SAN)




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