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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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• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "ibe_joseph joseph" <ibe_joseph@web.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:46:54 +0100
Subject: PLEASE VERY URGENT REPLY

DR.IBE JOSEPH.
ACCOUNT DEPT.(NNPC)
ANNEX OFFICE, LAGOS-NIGERIA
EMAIL ADDERSS: jsph_ibe@yahoo.com
 

DEAR,

IT IS WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I MAKE THIS URGENT AND IMPORTANT BUSINESS CONTACT TO YOU. I AM A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) HERE IN LAGOS.

I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY MY COLLEAGUES TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$25 MILLION (TWENTY FIVE mILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY.

THIS MONEY AROSE FROM A DELIBERATE OVER INVOICING OF CONTRACTS AWARDED BY MY ORPORATION IN 2001 TO VARIOUS FOREIGN CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE BEEN AFEGUARDING THIS MONEY SINCE THEN, AWAITNG AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THE mONEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT FOR SAFEKEEPING PENDING OUR ARRIVAL FOR THE SHARING AND UTILIZATION WITH THE OWNER OF TH E ACCOUNT.

NOW THE NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED THAT ALL DEBTS OWED TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THE OVERNMENT BE PAID IMMEDIATELY. ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ORDER, WE WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT TO PRESENT YOU AS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BEING OWED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED THUS, 75% WILL BE FOR US (I AND MY COLLEAGUES), 25% WILL BE FOR YOU FOR PROVIDING THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE.

NOTE THAT THE NATURE OF YOUR COMPANYÂ&#8217; S BUSINESS IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS TRANSACTION AS ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND HITCH-FREE TRANSACTION.

NOTE THAT THIS MONEY IS STILL IN THE SUSPENSE ACCOUNT OF MY CORPORATION (NNPC) WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MAIL ALONG IN YOUR REPLY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO US:-

(1) YOUR NAME/ADDRESS
(2) YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO RISKS INVOLVED ON BOTH PARTIES. WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THIS TRA NSACTION WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN 14 WORKING DAYS ON RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO THIS PROPOSAL .

PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH THE EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE, SIGNIFYING OURINTEREST IN THIS BUSINESS. THIS INFORMATION IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE CONVEYED TO YOU
AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE RESPONSE.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
BEST REGARDS.

DR. IBE JOSEPH.

 

 

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