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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: "Dr.Thomas Ella" <thomjella@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: thomjella@mail.ru
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:48:42 -0500
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

Attention: My dear good friend,



I am Dr Thomas.J. Ella,

Having consulted with two of my colleagues and based on the information
Gathered from the Nigerian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have
the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of
(15,500.000.00) FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS,into your accounts.The above sum resulted
from an over-invoiced contract, executed, Commissioned and paid
for about three years (3) ago by a foreign contractor.This action
was however intentional and since then the fund has been in
a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Nigeria.

We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you
come in. It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are
Forbidden to operate a foreign account and it is not ideal for us to
have such amount of money in our local accounts; that is why we require
your assistance.The total sum will be shared as follows: 75% for us,20%
for you and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the
transfer.The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am an accountant
with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). If you find
this proposal acceptable,kindly indicate your interest by responding
back to me immeditely so that i will give you details on how wa are
to go about it.Hopefully, this will not take us more than (14) working
days to accomplish.All we need is just your total understanding and
coperation.

You can also get back to me with my private mail: thomjella@mail.ru

Await your swift response.

Yours Sincerely
Dr.Thomas.J. Ella.

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