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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Green Dagogo" <green_dagogo01@msn.com>
Reply-To: drgreendagogo@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:30:03 +0000
Subject: KINDLY GET BACK TO ME ASAP


From: Dr. Green Dagogo
Attn:
I am here to seek your assistance in a business
proposition with personal appology, contacting you by
this low and unsecured medium.I am Dr. Green Dagogo, i
the Presidential Appointed Chairman, Presidential
Contract Awarding Committee for the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Mineral Resources while I got
your directory from the African-International Bilateral
Bereau Office. The motive is that I need a capable
foreign personality like you to assist me in the
process to clear a huge sum of money requiring maximun
confidence, while I wish to invest the said funds in
your country as well. which shall also be of mutual
benefit to you in return as we co-operate in
understanding.
The source of the money involved, which is worth
Five Million United States Dollars (US$5,000,000) was
due from Over-Inflated Contracts Drafts Allocations
Budgetary to foreign contractors for contracts duely
executed by Collman construction Company GMBH and
completed through previous tenue of this administration
with Contract Number: NNPC/CBN/FMF/FGN/2000.
The funds is presently an over-due for payment funds
pending to be claimed from an offshore corresponding
Foreign Paying Finance Trust Company in Europe. The
Present Administration in a new resolution directed the
Corresponding Finance Trust Company in Europe to
immediately pay all beneficiaries their overdue for
payment funds for contracts duely executed and
completed, which is in the same payment cathegory as
this said funds.
Please, understand that I am in charge, so I have
authority to apoint a capable party like you as the
beneficiary of this funds provided that you are willing
to co-operate with me sincerely because I am in charge.
Now I would approve you as the beneficiary of the said
funds to enable the authorities approved the legal
payment documents in your name and to direct the
Corresponding Finance Trust Company in Europe to
release the funds to your without delay. With this the
funds would be approved and released to you without
delay by the Finance Trust Company in Europe. This is
because the funds has been already approved and ordered
for payment from the Offshore Reserve Foreign Contract
Paying Account with the Corresponding Finance Company
in Europe by the Present Administration. This is an
agreement reached by the Present Administration and the
Finance Trust Company in Europe.
Finally, if i can trust you, if you are capable to
handle this funds, then we can work togeteher to clear
this funds. If so, then I will have nothing to worry
about as we can do business. I would exchange my
personal informations like my personal identity for
your perusal also yours for my prusal too and also we
would arrange for a meeting as soon as possible. I
would make arrangements to procure the Legal Approved
Payment Documents with the help of my ministry's
contract lawyer from the Federal Authorities involved,
also the contacts of the Finance Trust Company in
Europe. With all these, the funds would be released to
your nominated account immediately without delay.
I therefore, require the following informations
from you if this business interests you.
1. Full names to use as beneficiary and your private
address.
2. Your telephone fax numbers and (mobile if any)
3. Your bank name and address with account number.
4. Your bank telephone and fax number with address.
Thank you for your anticipated coo-operation and
expecting to hear from you immediately. Contact office.



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