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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "i got your address from " (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: " Dr Adim Jones"<adimjones8@myway.com>
Reply-To: adimjones121@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:57:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL


NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATIONZONAL HEADQUARTERS WARRI,DELTA STATE,NIGERIAEmail-adimjones121@yahoo.frwww.ninjaproxy.comDear friend, REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL After due deliberation with my colleagues, I decided to forward this proposal to you. We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of Twenty Five million ,United States Dollars(US$25,000,000.00) into his/her account. This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contract awarded by us under buget allocation to my ministry and the billwas approved for payment by the concerned ministries. The contract has been executed,and commissioned and the ontractor was paid the actual cost of the contract. We are left with the balance of $25,000,000.00 as part of the over-invoiced amount, which we have deliberately over estimated, for our own. I am contacting you to be our custodian for this fund.1.25% for you (Account Owner) 2.70% for us 3.5% for Tax, as may be required by
your government and ours. As you may want to know and to make you less curious,I got your address from that portrayed your establishment in good light. I am the Secretary of the Contract awarding Committee(CAC) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).This transaction is very much free from all sorts of Risk and Trouble from my Government. We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us this is a life opportunity we cannot afford to miss.To get this fund paid into your account, we have to present foreign establishment like yours. With that we will seek for approval to transfer the fund within 5 banking days through the Apex Bank (CBN) to your designated Bank Account. My colleague in this deal and myself will come to your Country to arrange for our share upon confirmation from you that the money has been credited into your nominated Bank Account. Our intention is to go into realestate, but the fear is you taking us along, since
we are not indigenes,any guarantee? Upon your acceptance of my proposal, do; confirm your sincere interest by my private email to enable me give you the detailed procedure for the transfer. It will surprise you why we chose and trusted you for this ansaction.Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this cannot be realized without trust.This is why we have decided to trust you for this transaction. We are looking forward to doing this business with you.Be further informed that everyone's interest and security had been considered before this mail to you.So be rest assured and feel very free to go into this transaction with us. But let Honesty and Secrecy be our watch word through out this transaction and your prompt response shall be highly appreciated. Best regards, Dr.Adim Jones

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