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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: "John Smith" <j_005online@ubnworld.com>
Reply-To: j_online@myway.com
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:42:24 +0000
Subject: I SEEK YOUR PERMISSION

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,

PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF NINE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND,UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ($9.5MUSD)INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

Your contact address got to me via export promotions council, your
reliability and trust worthiness in business transaction was the main
conviction that compelled me to solicit for your support in this deal.

I am secretary to the Contract Award Committee of my Ministry the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)Lagos,Nigeria. In collaboration with my
colleagues(one of my colleagues), we have agreed to transfer out of the
Country through UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC (UBN) some amount and we will
later reinvest it abroad after the success of this transaction.

The amount involved is Nine million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars
(US$9,500,000.00)This is as a result of over inflated amount of a
contract.The contract has been already executed and the original contractor
had collected his full and final payment. In as much as this contract was
awarded to a Foreign Contractor and the payment in dollars, we now need a
Foreign firm that will present itself as the contractor for this amount of
Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$9,500,000.00) and then
the fund will be transferred into your account.Since we do not want to use
the orginal contractor in applying for the payment, because the Contractor
is not aware of this over-invoiced sum.

Therefore, I as the secretary to the Contract Award Committee was told to
write you by my colleagues and see the success of the remittance
immediately, you will however, be required to furnish us with these
necessary information
1. Your personal phone and fax number for easy communication.
2. Name and Address of your Bank, Phone, Fax and Telex numbers.
3. Your Account number where this money will be lodged into and the
Beneficiaries name.

It could be personal or corporate. These information will enable me put
APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the release of this money from concerned Government
Agencies and it will last for ten working days. For your assistance we have
agreed that the fund will be shared as follows:You as the Account Owner 20%
Miscellaneous Expenses 5% Officials Involved 75% Now, we assure you that all
arrangements have been concluded for the success of this transaction, so if
you are interested,kindly expidate immediate action by sending to me the
above mentioned datas.

Yours faithfully.
MR JOSEPH W.SMITH

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