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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: "chuma eze" <tommyblessing@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chkky2005@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:26:56 -0800
Subject: FUND TRANSFER

OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SIR.
RE: REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE SUMOF US$19,000,000.00 INTO YOUR
PRIVATE/COMPANYACCOUNT:
I approach you most honorably today for a mutual business
transaction. I am MR CHUMA.EZE, the Accountant General of the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. I have been opportune to be appointed the Accountant
general after several years of active service.
Now, by virtue of my present office and position in the
federal revenue office,I discovered in the course of my
routine auditing of the federation account and the funds
allocated for the payments of foreign contractors that the
sum of $19million USD which represents overinvoiced
contract sum (floating credit)
which some past highly placed government officials wanted
to divert to their foreign account with thier foreign partners before they were abruptly removed from office. These had been the strategy which many top Military
personnel of the past regimes had used my predecessorsin
the past to achieve their personal interest without any
benefit towards them. Following this development, I now
have an accord with a top officer of the Finance Ministry
to remit this sum of US$19,000,000.00 (NINETEEN MILLION US
Dollars) to a nominated foreign account, hence we as
civil servants do not own the right to acquire foreign account while in service. I therefore request you to kindly allocate any account of your choice with all
necessary particulars to enable me present you/your
company as one of the legitimate contractors who have not
been paid of his fuuds (valued at $19millionUSD) to enable
me put up the claim and forward it to the CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA for onward release of fund transfer approvals in
your favors. It will take not more than ten working days
to conclude this deal on commencement, and I shall join you
at the account base for sharing and further discussion on my investment plan in your Country.
We shall negotiate your percentage share on reply of this
mail for your anticipated contribution in making this
transaction a success. Do not hesitate to comment where
you do not understand. ON SECURITY We demand absolute secrecy and confidentiality from both
parties hence we assure you that the transaction is 100%
risk free.
Please confirm your interest by immediate response.
YOURS faithfully,
MR CHUMA EZE.
Telephone-234-803-5784078
(ACCOUNTANT GENERAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC )


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