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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Ojukwu Damisa <ojukwudamisa20042003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:26:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT/BUSINESS PROPOSAL


RWA AGENCY(RELIEF WEST (AFRICA),P.M.B.1171
FALOMO,IKOYI,LAGOS. NIGERIA.

ATTENTION.

BUSINESS PROPOSAL AND INVESTMENTS
PARTNERSHIP OF(US$62.5MILLION DOLLARS)


Good day to you and how is life with you and business?
First, I must Solicit your strictest confidence in
this transaction,this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret as you were introduced to me in confidence through the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce, foreign trade division .

I am Engr.Ojukwu Damisa, the Foreign Liaison Officer
of the board of trustee of RWA Agency (Relief West
Africa). We were empowered to administer a trust fund of well over five hundred million United States
dollars (US$500,000,000M) for the provision of relief materials to troubled areas in the West African Sub-region and her environs.

My group recently agreed, unanimously to transfer
Sixty- two million and five hundred thousand United
States dollars only (US$62.5M)into a foreign based
account for our personal use and benefits and I have
therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my
colleagues on board to look for an overseas Partner
to whom we could transfer the sum of US$62.5M
legally subcontracting the entitlement to your
company.

This is based on the fact that our civil
service code of conduct forbids us from owning foreign company or running private foreign account while in government service.

The simple mode of the transaction will be just for us to apply for there lease of the funds to you or to your company for welfare materials purportedly
supplied. We shall arrange all paper work and get
approval for the release of the funds with documentary evidence of the communities and people in Liberia,Sierra-Leone, Ruwanda, Guinea-Bissau, Zaire and Nigeria, who have all benefited from the materials purportedly supplied by You, early last year. We have all records of purchases and supplies.

My group is very much ready to effecting the
remittance of the fund into a well secured or
corporate foreign account (individual or corporate)
operated by a trust worthy person, as all logistics
are already in place and all modalities worked out for the smooth conclusion of the transaction within seven to ten working days upon commencement on receipt of your (Company name, Address, Companys details,activities & your direct confidential telephone and fax line for correspondence).

This information will enable us make the necessary
applications and lodge claims to the concerned
authorities in favour of your Company and it is
pertinent to state here that this transaction is
entirely based on trust as the solar bank draft or
certified cheque drawable will be made in your name
and we wish to commence an importation business of
agro-allied machineries in conjunction with you.

Your assistance or partnership will certainly be
rewarded with a 30% share ratio of the total sum of
(US$62.5M). We shall have 65%, While 5% will be used
to reimburse both parties for any expenses incurred in the course of consummating this deal. It is important to state here, that no risk of any sort is involved,now or in future since both parties will be protected by a legally signed agreement.

Please, note that an invoice shall be raised to meet
the cost of materials purportedly supplied by You to
the tune of (US$62.5m) and forwarded to the office of the Chief Accountant of RWA Agency after the final approval has been given by me for payment.

The materials are cloths of various kinds (children &Adults), rice, soya beans, milk, sugar, ort salt,
drugs,blankets, footwears, boots, syringe and
needles,epz vaccines, tarpulinetents, e.t.c.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter via
e-mail.

Thank you very much and take it that, Confidentiality
is our greatest motto.

Yours truly,

Engr.Ojukwu Damisa

N.B. Bank Account Details not necessary as preferred
mode of payment is by draft or cheque





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