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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: "DR. FRANKLIN" <preyefrankli@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: preyefranklin@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:35:28 +0000
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Hello Dear,

INTRODUCTION: l am Dr.Franklin Preye a Civil Servant in the Ministry of Mine And Power.

l know this proposal will come to you as a surprise because we have not
meet before either physically or through correspondence.

I got your contact from our Ministry of Petroleum here in Nigeria and I have no doubt in your ability to handle this proposal involving huge sum of money.

THE SUBJECT: My father CHIEF IDRIS PREYE (Now Late) was the Royal
Head of my community, ELEME (an oil rich town) in Nigeria.

My community produces 5.8% of the total crude oil production in
Nigeria and 0.5% of the Dollar value of each barrel is paid to my
father as royalty by the Federal Government.

My father was also the Chairman of ELEME Special Oil Trust Fund.

In his position as the Royal head and Chairman of the Oil Trust Fund, he
made some money which he left for me as the only heir to inherit.

The money Forty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars($45.5m).

This Money originated from the accumulated royalties between 1976-1998.

Due to poor banking system in Nigeria and political instability as a
result of past Military rules (1985-1999) , he deposited this Money in a
VAULTS " with a finance firm in Ghana, who will be the beneficiary pending when he would finish arrangement to transfer it abroad as a CONTRACT PAYMENT.

He was planning this when he died late last year of Heart Attack.

THE PROPOSAL: Just before my father died he called my attention to the
money and charged me to look for a foreigner who would assist me in the
transfer/investment of the funds abroad.

So l would be very grateful if you could accept to help me achieve this
great objective.

I promise to give you 20% of the total funds transferred to your
vital bank account as compensation for your assistance.

Five percent(5%)would be set aside to take care of all expenses we may
incur during the transaction.

To indicate your interest, contact me urgently and confidentially for more information and the roles you will play in this business.

All the legal Documents concerning this Money will be sent to you as soon as we agreed together.

Send your reply through this box:(preyefranklin@yahoo.com) please or you call me on this phone number: 233277598986.

Iam presently in Accra - Ghana now.

May the almighty God bless you.

Yours faithfully,

DR. FRANKLIN PREYE.

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