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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: "Engineer Mike otu." <otu@sacbeemail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:43:39 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME.


Engineer Mike otu
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
7 Kofo Abayomi St.Victoria Island Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail:otum272@yahoo.com

I am Engr Mike otu, Personal Assistant to Alhaji Rewani Lukeman,the Presidential Adviser on Petroleum Matters. My message to you is based on some money that floated into the Government treasury due to the recent boom in the International Oil Market.
The Federal Government of Nigeria budgeted US$18.00 per barrel in last Year budget, but the price was changed in the international oil market where a barrel was sold between US$28-US$35.00. We recorded Excess gain, and all these could not be accounted for,hence
some executive members in the Petroleum Ministry decided to take away the sum of US$23,000,000.00, (Twenty three Million, United States Dollars) to an offshore account of a foreign National or company.

Please we are not contacting you because we cannot do this business on our own successfully, but because we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts as civil
servants, that is why we are looking for a foreigner we can use and knowing fully well that as a white man,the movement of the funds will raise no doubt that is why we have decided to contact you. If you are interested to assist us, please let me have your personal telephone, fax and email address, so that I can furnish you with further details on the modalities of the transfer of the fund into your bank account.

Please you are advised to keep this matter to your self, as we do not want it to be exposed in order not to jeopardize our chances of succeeding.Let it be known to you that this transaction is hundred percent risks free and your security has been well taken care of. If you are interested in this transaction, send me a email for further clarifications.

Engr.Mike otu
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
7 Kofo Abayomi St.Victoria Island Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail:otum272@yahoo.com

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