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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: "Mr OLU JIM" <olujimdr@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: olujim2003@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:18:29 -0700
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COOPERATION

FROM ENGINEER OLU JIM
PHONE NO: 234-805-638-4053

RE: CONTRACT AGREEMENT

Dear

I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in
this business transaction which will take us only one
month. I am a member of contract awarding committee
which I was the chairman. A contract was awarded to
foreign company to lay pipes from Port-Harcourt to
Warri refineries which was awarded in the year 2000,
the contract was 60 million United State dollars ($)
but been a contract awarding committee chairman I over
inflated in to the tone of 90 million United State
Dollars ($) the work have been completed and the
company have been pay by Nigeria National Petroleum
Cooperation and they have gone, what is left now is 30
million United State Dollars which I kept in one of
the Security Company set up by my government that is
in charge paying contractors.

I need your assistance to transfer the money in your
account; I need your telephone number, your fax
number, the name of the bank, your account number of
the bank. Please you should keep the business very
secret and confidential to yourself, do not tell any
body even your wife or your children till the money
gets to your account the I will join you in you
country and you will introduce me into a profitable
fine of business.

I have set aside 100% to be shared between me and you.
I being the contract awarding committee chairman will
get 50%, you that is assisting me will get 40% then
10% will be shared between both parties for any
expenses we may meet on the way during the
transaction.

Please keep it very secret and confidential to your
self until I join you in your country.

God bless.


Best regards

From: Engineer Olu Jim

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