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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: fredmarach@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:41:55 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20PLEASE?=

Dear Sir,
I am Dr.Frederick Marachi, Project Director Senegal
National Petroleum Corporation (S.N.P.C) and a Member
of Contract Tenders Board of the same parastatals.I
wish to present this proposal for the purpose of investment in your
country.
I got your contact through
my search for a reliable individual and / or company
who can handle a strictly confidential transaction,
which involves Transfer of reasonable sum of money to
a foreign account.

This money results from various contracts awarded by
our corporation on behalf of the Federal Government,
which was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of
$68.500.000.00(eigheen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States dollars). After the completion and
commissioning of the contract, the contractual sum was
paid to the contractors,leaving the over invoiced sum
in the reserve account with the Bank.

We therefore require the partnership of a foreigner or
foreign firm to assist us in form of a trustee and
provide an account for this transfer.In my last
meeting with my colleagues,it was unanimously agreed
that 25%of the total sum would be given to you. 70%for
me and my colleagues while 5% will be used to
reimburse the expenses that may be incurred during the
course of this transaction.

I assure you that his transaction is 100% one hundred
percent risk free as we have concluded every
arrangement to protect the interest of everyone
involved. Likewise all modalities for the successful
transfer of this money have been worked out with the
Finance Ministry and the Bank to facilitate the
remittance of this money to your designated bank
account.

However, I will want to believe that you are honest
enough and will not raise any misgiving with respect
to this transaction. More importantly, you will keep
this transaction very confidential so as not to
jeopardize this once in a lifetime ambition.

Finally if this business is of interest to you, then
kindly send me your telephone/fax number. I will
contact you for more detains.Contact me via my email address.

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,
Dr.Frederick Marachi.
(Project Director S.N.P.C)





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