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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: ahmedmusa43@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:58:27 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?REPLY=20IMMEDIATELY?=

DEAR FRIEND,
FIRST I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. I AM A HIGHLY
PLACED OFFICIAL WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF STATE FOR FINANCE AND
ECONOMIC
PLANNING HERE IN ABUJA, NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.
MY DEPARTMENT, THE TREASURY, DOES TRNSACTIONS THAT RUNS INTO SEVERAL
HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS QUARTERLY.
MYSELF AND TWO OTHER COLLEAGUES IN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY IN
NEED
OF A SILENT FOREIGN PARTNER, WHOSE INFLUENCE AND BANK ACCOUNT WE CAN
USE,
TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF TWELVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS
(U.S$12.5MILLION).
THESE FUNDS ACCRUED LEGITMATELY BUT DISCRETELY TO US AS A COMMISSION
FROM
FOREIGN CONTRACTS THROUGH OUR PRIVATE CONNECTION.
THE FUNDS IS PRESENTLY WAITING TO BE REMITTED BY OUR OFFSHORE FUND
MANAGERS
TO ANY FOREIGN BENEFICIARY CLEARED FOR PAYMENT.
HOWEVER BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITIONS AS CIVIL SERVANTS IN OUR COUNTRY, WE
CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY DIRECTLY, IN OUR NAMES.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED BY THE CIVIL-SERVICE-CODE OF CONDUCT TO OWN OR
OPERATE
BANK ACCOUNT OUTSIDE OUR SHORES, ON THE OTHER HAND IT IS NOT SAFE FOR
US
TO KEEP THE MONEY HERE DUE TO OUR UNSTABLE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN
THIS
PART OF THE WORLD.
I HAVE BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES TO LOOK FOR
AN OVERSEA SILENT PARTNER IN WHOSE ACCOUNT WE WOULD TRANSFER THE
U.S$12.5MILLION
TO, FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT, HENCE THE REASON FOR THIS EMAIL.
I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU ASSIST US AS OUR SILENT PARTNER AND RECIEVE
THE
FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT FOR US ON TRUST.
WE PROPOSE TO SHARE AS FOLLOWS, 20% TO YOU AS COMMISION AND 80% FOR US.
SINCE OUR OBJECTIVE FOR NOW IS TO INVEST THE MONEY, IT WOULD BE
APPRICIATED
IF YOU CAN ALSO BE OF ASSISTANCE BY ADVISING ON SHORT AND LONG TERM
INVESTIMENT
POSSIBLITIES IN YOUR COUNTRY.
SHOULD IT NOT BE CONVINIENT FOR YOU TO ASSIST WITH INVESTIMENT, WE CAN
END
OUR CO-OPERATION AFTER YOU HAND OVER TO US OUR PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY.
THE TRANSACTION ALTHOUGH DISCRET IS LEGITMATE, THE MONEY WILL BE
TRANSFERED
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH ALL THE NECESSARY BACK-UP DOCUMENTS SHOWING
LEGITMACY
AND SOURCE ORIGIN OF THE FUNDS.
THE TRANSFER WILL BE EFFECTED WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS TO COMPLETED.
I PLEAD WITH YOU ON ONE ISSUE, WHETHER YOU ARE INTERESTED OR NOT PLEASE
DO NOT EXPOSE THIS INFORMATION TO ANY ONE ELSE.
I CONFIRM TO YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS LEGITMATE AND WITHOUT ANY
RISK
EITHER OF US.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR RESPONSE IMMEDIATELY WHILE KEEPING EVERYTHING
CONFIDENTIAL.
YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS;
ahmedib52@yahoo.com
or 234-01-893-8816 FOR DETAILED DISCUSSION.

YOURS,
AHMED IBRAHIM.







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