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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: "Mohammed Danjuma" <info_mohammed03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: info_mohammed01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:04:06 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Dear Friend,

Good day to you. My name is MOHAMMED DANJUMA the director of
treasury, (Central Bank of Nigeria) about to retire from Government
service. I got your contact from the computer department and
information from our chambers of commerce as a foreign contractor
when sourcing for a reputable contact Abroad whom we can execute
together a business of this magnitude requiring confidence and
absolute trust. May I respectfully invite your kind attention
to the above subject matter and to state that based on information
gathered from the relevant Federal Ministry of Trade, Commerce
and Tourism, we, intend to solicit your assistance in the execution
of a business transaction. It is our sincere conviction that
you will handle this transaction with absolute confidentiality,
maturity and utmost sense of purpose.
My partner and I have $40 M USD cash that we want to move out
of Nigeria to your base for investment in profitable business.
The cash
can be moved to your base through diplomatic courier system.
The cash $40 Million USD is in 2 boxes, the boxes will be shipped
to your base and delivered to your doorstep through diplomatic
courier service (DCS) of the External Affairs Ministry. I hope
you know that Diplomatic luggage’s cannot be check at any port
of entry all over the world. Although diplomatic courier service
is exclusively created for diplomats but I have a contact at
the DCS office that will ensure that the boxes are shipped along
with other diplomatic luggage’s to you in your country. The contents
of the boxes will be declared and Insured as classified documents
and insurance bond instead of cash. This is a very serious arrangement
that i have really thought about before contacting you so do
not panic because we are in the government and we know what to
do to get a successfull result.

After receiving the boxes, you can then put the money in the
bank for the proposed investment or keep it in a safe deposit
box till I'm able to join you. DCS system of moving big volume
of cash is safe and tested. In the light of this DCS modality,
your thoughts, opinion and response are welcome.

Expecting your soonest response to this proposal.

Best regards,

MOHAMMED DANJUMA.

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