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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: "fred williams" <engr_fredwilliams@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fredwillians@myway.com
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:35:45 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: ENGR,FRED WILLIANS

FROM THE DESK OF:
ENGR.FRED WILLIANS.
DEPUITY DIRECTOR.
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
LAGOS NIGERIA

Dear Sir, I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in this
business transaction which will take us only one week. I am a member of
contract awarding committee which I was the chairman. A contract was
awarded to foreign company to lay pipes from Port-Harcourt to Warri
refineries
which was awarded in the year 2000, the contract was 60 million United State
dollars but been a contract awarding committee chairman I over inflated
it to the tone of 90 million United State Dollars, the work have been
completed and the company have been paid by Nigeria National Petroleum
Cooperation and they have gone, what is left now is 30 million United State
Dollars
which was kept in one of the Finance/Security Company set up by the Federal
Government that is in charge of paying foreign contractors.
I need your assistance to assist me conclude this golden opportunity
and to secure the fund into your possession, because being the chairman, I
cannot do it alone without the help of a foreigner who will stand as the
contractor who executed the job. So furnish me with the following
particulars for
me to perfect the remmittance of this fund to your posession.
1,YOUR FULL NAMES.
2,YOUR COMPANY NAME (IF ANY)
3,YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
4,YOUR PRIVATE PHONE/FAX NUMBERS. Please you should keep the business very
secret and
confidential to yourself, do not tell anybody even your wife or your
children till the money gets to your account, then I will join you in
your country for a meeting and subsequent, introduce me into a profitable
business where I will invest my own share of the fund. I have set aside
100% to be shared between me and you. I being the contract awarding
committee chairman, I will get 50%, you that is assisting me will get 40%
then
10% will be shared between both parties for any expenses we may meet on the
way during the transaction. Please keep it very secret and confidential to
yourself.Awaiting your urgent response for us to proceed

Best regards,
ENGR,FRED WILLIANS

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