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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: "presidential villaabuja" <presidentialvillaabuja@msn.com>
Reply-To: presidentialvillaabuja@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:57:13 +0000
Subject: Payment Notification.

THE PRESIDENCY
Federal Republic on Nigeria
Office of the Special Adviser to the
President
ON FOREIGN CONTRACT PAYMENT
ASO-ROCK VILLA,GARKI ABUJA.
EMAIL; presidentialvillaabuja@yahoo.com

FROM:THE DESK OF
DR MAGNUS KAPAL KOOL(JP,MON)

PAYMENT ADVICE

ATTN: VALUED BENEFICIARY/ CONTRACTOR

This is to bring to your notice that the SPECIAL ADVICER to the PRESIDENCY
,Federal Repulic of Nigeria in conjuction with the Senate Committee on
FOREIGN CONTRACT PAYMENT has today approved your contract payment and
interest accured sum of Three Million Seven Hundred and sixty Thousand
United States Dollars ( US$3.760M) on the contract you executed for NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION( NNPC) on behalf of FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA .You are to benefit among other CONTRACTORS which their names
appeared overleaf.

However an ultimatum mandate has been given by the president and this
committee to the central bank of nigeria , to transfer all beneficiaries
funds, AND ALL TRANSFER CHARGES AND TAXES have to be DEDUCTED from the
original funds deposit with C.B.N .

However, you are hereby adviced to contact the head of INTERNATIONAL
REMMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA , ABUJA
HEADQUARTERS,ZARIA ROAD ABUJA, REV DR ANDY JONES on telephone number
234-80-53525646 , Email centralbankabujahq@yahoo.com for immediate release
of your accured interest sum entitlement as instruction has already given to
the BANK to release your interest accured payment along with your contract
payment in full .
You are advised to send your recieving BANK DETAILS TO CBN EMAIL as
indicated above for immediate release of your contract sum .
CONGRATULATION IN ADVANCE .

DR MAGNUS KAPAL KOOL
SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT
ON FOREIGN CONTRACT PAYMENT.



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