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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: will_adams@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 05:38:36 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMMEDIATE=20=20REPLY?=


FROM THE OFFICE OF;ENGR ADAMS KUPOLOKUN
CHAIRMAN, SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM,
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPORATION, {NNPC}
PLOT 23/29 FALOMO ROAD,
P.M.B.17605
IKOYI OFFICE,
LAGOS STATE,
NIGERIA.
OFFICE TEL;234-1-290-3227
MOBILE TEL;234-80-1-3066-9180,

DEAR SIR,

I KNOW THIS MAIL MAY COME AS SURPRISE TO YOU,SINCE WE DO NOT KNOW OURSELVES
OR HAVE ANY PREVIOUS CONTACT BEFORE NOW,MY PURPOSE OF WITTING YOU IS THIS.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP US IN OUR BID TO TRANSFER
THE SUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($27.5M USD)
INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET
AND PLANNING OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM, THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY
CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN ORDER OF
PRIORITIES AS REGARDS CAPITAL PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES THE SUM TWENTY-SEVEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED OF STATE DOLLARS(US$27.5M).THE PRESENT
GOVERNMENT IN MY COUNTRY ARE SEEKING THE SURPORT OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SO
THEY HAVE GIVEN DIRECTIVE TO ALL FEDERAL PARASTATALS TO SETTLE ALL FOREIGN
CONTRACTORS BEING OWED FOR CONTRACT THAT THEY HAD DONE,SO OUR PLAN IS TO
INCLUDE THE NAME THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE AS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BEING OWED
IN MY CORPORATION.(NNPC)NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPERATION,WHAT WE NEED
FROM YOU ALSO IS A SAFE ACCOUNT EVEN IF EMTY INTO WHICH THE FUNDS WILL BE
TRANSFERRED SINCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE
FOREIGN ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED WITH US$8.3 MILLION OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WE KEEP US$16.5MILLION
WHILE US$2.75MILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY
TAXES.IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO A SIMILAR TRANSACTION
WAS CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR. GEORGE BRUCE, THE PRESIDENT OF BROGE INTERNATIONAL
TRADING CORPORATION AT NUMBER 135, EAST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK
10022 WITH TELEPHONE (212)308-7788 AND TELEX NUMBER 6731689, AFTER THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 25% THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERRED
INTO HIS ACCOUNT ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK AS WE
WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT MR. GEORGE WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS WHILE
HIS TELEPHONE AND TELEX NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOMEBODY ELSE,
THAT IS HOW WE LOST US$19.8M TO MR GEORGE BRUCE.THIS TIME AROUND WE NEED
A MORE RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS
WITH HENCE THIS
LETTER TO YOU, SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED AND
INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. WHAT
WE WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN
THIS AMOUNT OF US$27.5M IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. IF THIS PROPOSAL
SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH E-MAIL STATED BELOW SO WE CAN ADVICE
YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION. ALL MODALITIES OF THE TRANSFER
HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE STARTED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 14 WORKING
DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNED. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%
RISK FREE AND TOTALLY SAFE.
PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL. GOD BE WITH YOU AS I LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY.

REACH ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY PRIVATE E MAIL ADDRESS
engr_adamskupo@yahoo.com

BEST REGARDS.
ENGR;ADAMS KUPOLOKUN





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