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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:
Date:
Subject: Attention Needed

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Compliments of the season. I am the chief accountant and a member of th=
e Tender Board Committee of the federal ministry of agriculture (fma), =
Lagos. After due consultation with other members of the Committee, I ha=
ve specifically been mandated to arrange and negotiate for trusted fore=
ign firm or individual overseas for a possible transfer of some fund be=
ing an over invoiced sum resulting from various contracts executed by f=
oreign companies for my Ministry.


OBJECTIVES: It should be noted that original value of these contracts w=
ere purposely over invoiced by we, the Tender Board Committee Members w=
ith the sum of US$22,437,000.00(twenty two million four hundred and thi=
rty seven thousand United States Dollars). Now all firms involved=20

have been paid accordingly and the project commissioned. At this junctu=
re, we want to transfer this inflated sum to a rusted foreigner=B4s acc=
ount as the true beneficiary, through the Central Bank of Nigeria. We a=
s Civil Servants are not allowed to operate or own a foreign=20

Account.


BENEFIT: we have therefore agreed to give you 30 percent of the total a=
mount, while 5 percent will be set aside to offset any expenses incurre=
d during the transaction. And 65 percent will be for us the officials.

REQUIREMENT: All modalities have efficiently and secretly worked out wi=
th the top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance and Bank to fac=
ilitate the remittance of this fund into your Account within the shorte=
st working days of receiving the following Bank information from=20

you. Thus: - The Name, Address, Telephone, Fax and your account numbers=
of the Bank where you wish the Fund to be transferred. Your Company=B4=
s name, Telephone and Fax numbers. Your Personal phone and fax numbers =
for private discussions.

On receipt of this Bank information, all arrangements shall be perfecte=
d here for a successful and hitch-free transfer of this fund to your Ac=
count. Utmost confidential and trust is highly needed. All your replies=
should be strictly on my direct e-mail address. This transaction is ri=
sk free and does not depend on any specific field of trade. Reach me on=
this email. if you are interested in my proposal.

Best Regards,

James Ugo.

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