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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: "Dr Johnson Obieze" <johnsonobieze@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jobieze0@myway.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 12:28:57 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS

From the desk of: Chief Accoutant. Dr Johnson Obieze Executive Director/Financial Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)
Falomo Office Annex
Lagos Nigeria
Email Addres :johnsonobieze@walla.com
Dear
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
I am the financial controller of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
I and my colleagues are ministry
officials in charge of offshore remittance in this Corporation
(NNPC).

We are seeking your assistance to transfer of Fifteen
Million (US$15,000,000.00) to your account for further private investment.
This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract
amount for the construction of an Oil Refinery Sub-
Stations in Nigeria in 1995 to expatriate companies.

The contract was originally valued for one Hundred
Million United States Dollar US$100,000,000.00)
but we manipulated the figure to read one Hundred and Fifteen Million United States
Dollars($115,000,000.00) The extra $15,000,000.00 is what we want to transfer to your account.
This contract has been completely executed and the original contractors have been paid all their contract bills less this
$15,000,000.00.
For your assistance, we have agreed to remunerate you with 30%
because it is impossible for us to claim
the amount here in Nigeria without foreign collaboration.
5% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by either party during this business, and 65% for my colleagues and myself.It may interest you to know that four years ago, a similar transaction was carried out with one Mr.
Patrice Miller, the President of Craine International Trading
Corporation at number 135 East 57th Street, 28th Floor,New
York.10022 with Tel: 212-308-7788 and
TLX number 6731689. Mr. Patrice disappeared into thing
air when he received the money.
His Telephone and Telex numbers
had been reallocated to other users by
the time we arrived New York for our share.
This explains
exactly why we will make a concrete agreement between you and
us, should you be willing to assist in this deal.
All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent
transfer of this money have been worked out.
This transaction is
100% risk free but rquires 100 percent
confidentiality.
This is a golden opportunity which must not be
allowed to slip out of any careless acts and utterances.
We chose you for this transaction because we believe that good
friends can be discovered and businesses such as this cannot be
realized without trust. You can be rest assured that your security has been considered before you were contacted.
I await your urgent response.
Alternative / Email Address :jobieze0@myway.com

Best Regards,
Chief Accoutant. Dr Johnson Obieze

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