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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.John Aku" <mrjohnaku@excite.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrjohnaku@ny.com
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 03:22:11 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.

NIG. NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
FROM THE DESK OF MR.JOHN AKU
DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (NNPC)
TEL: 234-803 344 8597
FAX:234-803 344 8597
EMAIL: mrjohnaku@ny.com

JOINT VENTURE

Dear Sir,

Compliment of the season.

I strongly apologize for this unsolicited mail, but I am constrained
by circumstances surrounding my profession .I have the mandate of my
colleagues in office to solicite for your assistance for a deal we
want to execute The business involves the remittance of US$8.6M(Eight
million six hundred thousand United States Dollars) to your bank
account from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The money accrued through
deliberate over-invoicing of old projects executed for the Government
by someforeign firms.

I and few officials here have worked out a scheme to benefit us along
with any foreign partner who obliges us the materials and channel to
push out the fund, our idea being to come over thereafter to share the
fund with whoever assist us.

To make things easy and legal, the fund is reflecting in our records
as payable to a foreigner who did a consultancy service job for the
ministry durin the turn around maintenance of one our petroleum
refinery.All necessary and relevant documents will be procured for the
release and transfer of the fund into yournominated account.

Please get in touch with me immediately through my email address and
attention the undersigned or call me with my direct line:234-803 344 8597.For your participation in realizing this transaction 20% will
be for you,70% for me and other officials and 10% for any expense we
may incur (both parties) during processing for the transfer to your
nominated bank account.

I am awaiting your response most urgently and is rest assured that
this transaction is 100% risk free, as there is no risk involved on
both
sides.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.John Aku
DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (NNPC)

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