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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:
  • "million 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: total3 elf <jean_total3_elf@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jean_total_elf@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 20:01:54 +0200
Subject: proposiyion



Mr JEAN EPEE

TOTAL ELF PORT HACOURT
NIGERIA


SIR

I am Mr JEAN EPEE a cameronian working with TOTAL ELF NIG a French multi national firm.It Happens that during the election campaign in this country,some politicians entered in dialogue with ELF TOTAL NIG to sponsor their election campaign in return of some concession in the oil industry if elected to power.For this a secret account was opened in the company s file and the modo operandi of this secret accouint was to pay some foreign partners in form of supply or sevices rendered to ELF TOTAL and these foreign partners will in return volunteer throgh a non existing organisation to foot the bills of those politicians.The campaign been at it end and it happens that the money maped out for the purpose was in excess. Some of my colleagues in the operation of this account want to use this channel to pull out some two million dollars (2000 000 dollars ) because we have discorvered that our executives are on the move to claim all the remaining money.Our aim is to get your go ahead to use your name as our foreign partner and approve on your behalf some contract deals with ELF TOTAL which will be given order for payment.Once we get the approval on your behalf the order of payment will be made available by the paying bank band and you are to choose the mode of payment you want to be paid because the new banking reform in nigeria allows three mode of payment for foreign contractors.
(1) you can be paid through wire transfer.
(2)you can be paid in cash by the corresponded bank over seas
(3)you can be paid through ATM (AUTOMATED TELLER S MACHINE )card.
If you are willing to assist in this transaction we will map out 1/4 of the amount received for your assistance.
For this regard we will need your
(1) NAME AND SURNAMES
(2)PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(3)NATIONALITY
(4) A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION (IDENTITY CARD OR PASSPORT )
This will enable us open a file and proceed for approval.
N.B :PLEASE NOTIFY US YOUR INTERST IN THE NEXT HOURS.
THANKS
JEAN EPEE
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