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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:
  • "transferred into your 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)
  • "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)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: jamescalu_nigconapay102@live.com
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:34:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME VERY URGENT.


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:james_calu2@yahoo.com.co



- Attention,I am Dr. Dr James Calu, the director of Contract Awards and Finance Allocations of the Senate committee on foreign contract award and payment.I presided over the award of the building of the federal government satellite housing estates at Karu, in Abuja, the new federal capital city of Nigeria.During the bid for the contract,I had a pact with the eventual winner of the bid and the contractor of the project to inflate the contract sum to the tune of US$18.5Million Dollars.The contract has since been executed, and job sucessfully completed.Furthermore,the payment for the contract has been fully made to the contractor leaving behind the over-inflated amount of US$18.5Million Dollars,which I have secured under contract ref. No: NAC/PED/Fgn/108X01/2007.The problem now is that as a senator,I am prohibited by the code of conduct burea from running a private business or foreign bank account.Moreover,I am required to declare my assets annually with the code of conduct burea for verification and clearance,and therefore,cannot defend this large amount of money as an addition to my assets without compromising my reputation and the impeccable records I have achieved over the years.Therefore,I need your cooperation as a foreigner to send to me your company's name or personal name,which I will present as a sub-contractor in the execution of the project/contract to claim the fund on my behalf.For volunteering your cooperation in this deal,you are entitled to 30% of the fund.Should this be acceptable to you, kindly indicate your information to me. (a)Full name and address,(b)Telephone and fax numbers for prompt communication.(c)Bank name, address and account number where the fund will be moved into.(d)Full name of company and address,that will serve as the beneficiary/sub-contractor to claim the fund.Furthermore,as soon as this fund is transferred into your bank account,I will require you to still act as my agent in investing my share in estates/landed properties and financial securities in your country.I want to emphasize here that this deal is free from any form of risk from both parties as great care has been exercise in perfecting it, and therefore,I enjoin you to approach it with an open mind and without any fear whatsoever.As a deal,I make aste to advise that you should be private about it,E-MAIL,jamescalu_nigconapay102@live.com Best regards,Dr James Calu.

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