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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "chris walker" <drchriswalker7@msn.com>
Reply-To: drchriswalker4@msn.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:56:23 +0000
Subject: urgent reply




Nigeria Liquefied Natural
Gas Nigeria Lagos Central
Office Lagos Nigeria.
Reply to:drchriswalker4@msn.com
DEAR FRIEND,
RE: TRANSFER OF USD20,500,000.00(TWENTY MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.
I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my
capacity as Chief
Accountant
and full agreement with the Auditor-General of this Company (Nigeria
Liquefied Natural Gas).We scruintinised all records
and the accounts of
awarded and executed contracts of this company
(NLNG) during the
previous
military regime, since the inception of democracy in
Nigeria and
carefully
uncover and mapped out a whooping sum USD $20.5m which we want to
transfer
to your account as the beneficiary. It might
interest you to know that
beginning of this current civilian government at a
working asset
capital of
USD 3billion and will definitely gulp more USD 2
billion on the
completion
of the fifty part. You can authentically apply for
supply if it
interests
you to be our client with full guarantee from me.
The money $20.5m has been approved for payment by
this company NLNG,
the
Federal Ministry of Finance(endorsed by the
Accountant General of the
Federation)and to be paid by the Apex bank of
Nigeria. Under contract
number, NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99. As top civil
servants, we are not
allowed
to operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision
to use your account
in
full trust and confidence to transfer this money
outside Nigeria. We
have
accepted you as our foreign partner and will
regularize and update the
approvals to reflect you as true beneficiary of the
contract sum
USD$20.5m
(TWENTY MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS).
Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not
risky and does not
require
much engagements since we have taken care of the
deal in full capacity.
We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum
for your assistance.
If
you are interested in this deal, please contact me
through my email.
Address
above for more likely information. Remember to give
me your phone
number and
your fax lines through which I can send you approved
document for your
perusal.
I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope
that you will
understand
the confidential nature of this transaction.
Reply to:drchriswalker4@msn.com
Best regards,
Dr.chris Walker



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