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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: "Mr-T Lemo" <mr_t_lemo@msn.com>
Reply-To: mr_t_lemo@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:09:59 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL


1TH DECEMBER 2005



ATTENTION:


URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION; THIS IS BY VIRTUE
OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. THOUGH I KNOW
THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE APPREHENSIVE AND
WORRIED, BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BY E-MAIL DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS
TRANSACTION.
LET ME START BY FIRST INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU. I AM MR. TUNDE
LEMO, DEPUTY GOVERNOR, AND FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE, CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA, ABUJA. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE
AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH
INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT REQUIRING
MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE. I AM NOT TOO REALLY SURE IF YOU ARE MY LONG LOST CONTACT
WHOM I AM TRYING TO REACH, BUT IN ANYWAY, PLEASE DO TAKE THIS MESSAGE WITH A
GOOD HEART AND REPORT BACK TO ME IF YOU ARE NOT THE PERSON I THINK YOU ARE.
I WOULD EXPLAIN MORE LATTER.
THE PROPOSITION:
A FOREIGNER, LATE ENGINEER JOHNSON CREEK, AN OIL MERCHANT / CONTRACTOR WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS DEATH THREE YEARS AGO IN A
GHASTLY AIR CRASH, BANKED WITH US HERE AT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, AND HAD A
CLOSING BALANCE OF USD$38.M (THIRTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH THE BANK NOW UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS TO BE
CLAIMED BY ANY OF HIS AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT OF KIN OR ALTERNATIVELY BE
DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR ALMS AND AMMUNITION AT A MILITARY
WAR COLLEGE HERE IN NIGERIA.
FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE CENTRAL BANK TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH ANY OF THE CREEK FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT ALL HAVE PROVED TO NO AVAIL.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE
ANY OF LATE ENGR. JOHNSON CREEK'S NEXT OF KIN (HE HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND
CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL KALU UKE KALU, THAT AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THE
FUND TO BE DECLARED "UNCLAIMABLE" AND THEN BE SUBSEQUENTLY DONATED TO THE
TRUST FUND FOR ALMS AND AMMUNITION WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSES OF
WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.
IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, MYSELF AND SOME OF MY TRUSTED
COLLEAGUES HERE AT THE BANK NOW SEEK FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND
AS LATE ENGR. JOHNSON CREEK'S NEXT OF KIN SO THAT THE FUND, USD$38.5M WOULD
BE SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED AND PAID INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS THE
BENEFICIARY NEXT OF KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS
FUND HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND WE ARE ASSURING YOU A 100% RISK FREE
INVOLVEMENT.
FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, YOUR COMMISSION WOULD BE 30%. 10% HAS BEEN SET ASIDE
FOR EXPENSES WHILE THE REST WOULD BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY.
IF THIS PROPOSAL IS OK BY YOU AND YOU DO NOT WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
TRUST WE HOPE TO BESTOW ON YOU AND YOUR COMPANY, THEN KINDLY GET TO ME
IMMEDIATELY VIA MY E-MAIL FURNISHING ME WITH YOUR MOST CONFIDENTIAL
TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBER AND EXCLUSIVE E-MAIL SO THAT I CAN FORWARD TO YOU THE
RELEVANT DETAILS OF THIS TRANSACTION. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
REGARDS,



MR. T. LEMO
DEPUTY GOVERNOR,
FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
[CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD]
Tel:2348026213330


N.B. PLEASE, FOR CONFIDENTIAL REASON, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND ME YOUR
RESPONSE VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
mr_t_lemo@yahoo.com


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