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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: norbert owen <barrnorbert4owen2@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:31:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Plea for Assistance / urgent



From the Desk of Rev Norbert Owen

NNPC Office, Lagos, Nigeria

Dear Sir/ Madam,

My name is Rev Norbert Owen I am a director in the finance
department in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C). I know my mail will come to you as a surprise .In that case I seek for your sincere understanding.

I want you to have a good understanding with me and handle this
business with me, with utmost seriousness and carefulness for our mutual benefit.This business involves US$20.5million (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which I want us to join hand together to secure into your personal or company account by transferring it from the N.N.P.C treasury account with Union Bank PLC collaboration with the Apex Bank now as Central Bank.

This us$20.5million is an over-invoice of a contract executed in the corporation in the year 2003. The original foreign contractor who executed this contract has been paid his real payment, what is left now is these excess US$20.5million united state dollars.I want to encourage you not to be afraid, with your understanding and diligence we shall secure the money without any trace in less than some working days.

Everything about the contract is well known to me will be send to you.
What is needed from you now are the following your name and company name if any, your private phone, fax and the particulars of the bank account,where you want the money to be transferred. On the conclusion of this business I will visit your Country and the money will be shared as follows: 35% for you, 60% for me and the remaining 5% will be used to pay back any expenses that may be incurred on the process.

Once more I want to assure you that this business is risk free, you should not fear for I have every data about this money but you must keep everything confidential.

I am expecting your immediate reply through my email above. Hope for your cooperation. barrnorbert4owen1@yahoo.ca

Thanks

Yours sincerely,
Rev Norbert Owen








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