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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "Kabiru Masha" <kabkab100@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ze1ooo_25@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:00:56 +0100
Subject: INTRODUCTION / PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION .

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FROM MR.KARIRU MASHA DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (NNPC)
=============== STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL ================

DEAR FRIEND.

THROUGH SOME DISCREET ENQUIRIES FROM OUR FOREIGN MISSION,
YOU AND OUR ORGANIZATION WERE REVEALED AS BEING QUITE ASTUTE IN PRIVATE
BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.

ONE HAS NO DOUBT IN YOUR ABILITY TO HANDLE A FINANCIAL BUSINESS OF
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT, WHICH WILL FORM THE BEDROCK OF AN EXTENSIVE BUSINESS
PARTNERSHIP IN DUE COURSE.

IN FOLDING THIS PROPOSAL I WANT TO COUNT ON YOUR STATUS AS A RESPECTED
EXECUTIVE OF OUR COMPANY TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ILL HANDLE IT WITH UTMOST
SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IT DESERVES.
THE BUSINESS INVOLVES THE REMITTANCE OF US$35M(THIRTY-FIVE MILLION
U.S.DOLLARS ONLY) TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

THE MONEY ACCRUED THROUGH DELIBRATE OVER-INVOCING OF OLD PROJECTS
EXECUTEDFOR THE GOVERNMENT BY SOME FOREIGN FIRMS. I AND FEW OFFICIALS HERE
HAVE WORKED OUT A SCHEME TO BENEFIT US ALONG WITH ANY FOREIGN PARTNER WHO
OBLIGES US THE MATERIALS AND CHANNEL TO PUSH OUT THE FUND, OUR IDEA BEING TO
COME OVER THEREAFTER TO SHARE THE FUND WITH WHOEVER ASSIST US.

FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN REALISING THIS TRANSACTION 35% WILL BE FOR YOU 60%
FOR ME AND OTHER OFFICIALS AND 5% FOR ANY EXPENSES WE MAY INCURE (BOTH
PARTIES) DURING PROCESSING FOR THE TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.

I AM AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE MOST URGENTLY AND BE REST ASSURED THAT THIS
TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, AS THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED ON BOTH SIDES.




YOURS SINCERELY,
Mr Kabiru. MASHA.
DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (NNPC)

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