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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: john dike <johndike@alvilag.hu>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:36:32 +0100
Subject: INQUIRY

Dear Sir,

I know this message will come to you as a big surprise because we have not met before, but please do not think this is one of those junk mails you receive in your email.

My name is Dr.John Dike, I am from the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the chairman, Contract Award Committee of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I have been on this position for the past ten years; but I have nothing to show for it. I will love it, if the both of us could do business together, which will be of mutual benefit.

Since I am the Chairman Contract Award Committee, I will award a Forty million US dollars ($40 million USD) contract in your favour to supply Gas Turbines and equipments. A Mobilization (up front) fee of twenty million U.S Dollars ($20 million USD) will be given to you to start the supply. But as soon as the mobilization fees gets to your hands, you are not going to do the supply.

You and myself will share this mobilization fee on a 50-50 basis (Equally). The reason why I want us to share this start up fee is because I have been in this position as the chairman for the past ten years, and I don’t have a personal house of my own, my salary is a peanut. I cannot adequately take care of my children. In fact, things are very difficult for me. If I retire, I will have nothing to fall back on. People come sometimes to seek for favour from me and after awarding them contracts; they’ll not remember me again.

A lot of people promised and failed me. As a result of this, I want to help my self this time because I’ll not want to die a poor man. If we do this business together, with your full co-operation and support, we will successfully complete it within five days. I am the person who will authorise the release the start up fee to you.

You have nothing to fear. I want you to remove anything like fear from your mind. This is the safest business you can ever think of.

I will give you more information on how we are going to do this business as soon as I receive your reply showing that you are ready to do the business with me. But please do not discuss this business with anybody, even your best friends until we have finished successfully.

I will want you to reply me immediately so that I can tell you the next step to take. In your reply, please include your full names,address,private telephone / mobile and fax numbers.

PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS MY CONFIDENTIAL
EMAIL ADDRESS: john-dike@excite.com

Best Regards

Dr.John Dike.

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