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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: "patrick_okafor1@terra.es" <patrick_okafor1@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:22:58 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: URGENT


HELLO DEAR,

HARMONY IS ONE OF THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED COMPANIES ENGAGED IN
THE
MANUFACTURE AND EXPORT OF LOCAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS COCOA, GROUNDNUT, PALMOIL, AND A HOST OF OTHER PRODUCTS. WE ARE
ALSO
INTO THE EXPORTATION OF RAW MATERIALS [CHEMICALS AND HERBS] TO WESTERN
COUNTRIES TO BE USED FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS. OUR COMPANY IS STRICTLY
INTO
EXPORTATION WITH A SUBSIDIARY IN NIGERIA. PRESENTLY, WE ARE
SOLICITING THE
HELP OF TRUST WORTHY INDIVIDUALS OR COPORATE BODIES WHO WOULD ACT AS
OUR
REPRESENTATIVES IN AMERICA, EUROPE AND ITS ENVIRONS. THE REASON IS
THIS,
SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE MAINLY FROM THAT PART, AND THEY FIND IT
DIFFICULT
TO MAKE PAYMENT TO US BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE . IN ADDITION, OUR BANK
HERE
IN NIGERIA HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM THE LAST NATURAL DISASTER
THAT
TOOK PLACE IN THIS PART. AS A RESULT, THE BUILDING WAS BADLY DAMAGED
AND
LOTS OF DATA WERE LOST TO THE WRECKAGE.
SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RECEIVE THESE PAYMENTS ON OUR BEHALF [the
payments
are mostly in certified bank checks,personal checks, money order], YOU WILL HELP US
CLEAR
AND SEND THE MONEY DOWN TO US. DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE FAR FROM
US, WE
CANNOT PAY YOU LIKE OUR PERMANENT STAFF, INSTEAD YOU WILL BE PLACED ON
A
30% COMMISSION(NEGOTIABLE) OF ANY AMOUNT YOU CLEAR FOR US. YOUR PROMPT
RESPONSE IS DECIDEDLY NEEDED, AS WE HAVE CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO MAKE
PAYMENT
IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE PUT THEM ON HOLD BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A
CAPABLE
HAND YET TO DEAL WITH. PLS NOTE: THAT ONLY ELIGIBLE PERSONS SHOULD
RESPOND.
YOURS SINCERELY,
MR. PATRICK OKAFOR
LOGISTICS AND MARKETING OFFICER,
HARMONY PRODUCTS
NIGERIA





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