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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: "Hon Adeniji" <adeniji101@msn.com>
Reply-To: olu_adeniji30@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:29:33 +0000
Subject: INVITATION

Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu
Minister, Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Abuja/ Nigeria. 10-12-005

First, I must solicit your confidence in thistransaction this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidentialand secret.Though I
know that transaction of this magnitude will makeanyone apprehensive and
worried. But I am assuring you that all will bewell at the end of the
day.

I have decided to contact you due to theurgency of this transaction,
as well have been reliably andconvince of your discreetness and ability
in the transaction of this nature. Let mestart by introducing myself
properly to you. I am Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu,Minister Foreign Affairs
Ministry;
my office monitors and controlsthe affairs of all banks and financial
institutions in Nigeria concernedwith foreign contract payments I am
the final signatory to any transferor remittance of huge funds moving within
banks both on the local andinternational levels. I came to know you through
my private search forsomeone I can confidently trust on, And when I saw
your namethere; I have a maximum confidence in you that we can transact
thisbusiness. THE PROPOSITION. I want you to go into a venture with
me as mypartner in this deal by helping me and claim this
package/consignment,which I shipped and deposited with a security
company in ACCRA GHANAWESTERN AFRICA through a United Nation (UN) accredited
courieragent. Note that the security company does not know that the
packagecontains money worth US$17,000.000.00. All in US$100 bills.
And theymost not know. Therefore if you are willing to transact this
business with me,kindly get back to me as quickly as possible. Also in your
return mailincludes this information's bellow. YOU'RE MAILING ADDRESS, YOUR
PRIVATE PHONE ANDFAX.

I will give you as share of 30% out of the totalsum, and then the
remaining 70% will be for me, If I receive yourwillingness to transact
this business with me I will give you more detailsregards to the
transaction.

Best Regards,
HON. DR. ADENIJI OLU
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER

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