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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: "Fred Peters" <fredpeters2@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: fredpeters1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 04:37:34 -0700
Subject: HELLO

FROM The Desk of:
MR.FRED PETERS
Head of NNPC Accounting Dept.
Tel/Fax: 234-1-7590500

Attention: CEO/President/Trusted Individual

INTRODUCTION:-

I am Mr. Fred Peters(an Accountant) head of accounting dept.
with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); under the
auspices the Federal Ministry of Petroleum. I and my partner
(Engr. John Obi) are in search of an agent to assist us in receiving
the sum of {11,850 Million} Eleven Million, Eight Hundred and
Fifty U.S Dollars only, and subsequent investment in Properties
and/or any lucrative venture in your country.

ORIGINATION OF THE MONEY:-

It was realized from an over invoiced/inflated contract awarded to
an Arab Contractor for the Engineering, Procurement, Maintenance of
existing Oil Refinery in Nigeria with ContactNo.NNPC/FGN/V1761/CON-2/02.
The Job completion certificate NO:
FGN52071 was issued on 27th May, 2003 and commissioned. And the
contractors' money fully paid leaving behind this over inflated sum
of $11,850 Million which we purposely procured for our personal use.

SHARING MODE:-

You shall be entitled to 20% of the total amount for assisting us, if
you will be of assistance to us in this regard. And 5% will be for any
expense incurred by both parties during the course of getting this
money transferred into your account. While the remaining 75%, will
be left for us {I and my colleagues (2)}.

PROCEDURES OF THE TRANSFER:-
1. You will be purported as a Contractor owed by our government.
All documents to back up this claim are in our possession and as
soon as you indicate you interest, we will procure and swear an
affidavit in the high court and other necessary documents in your
favor.

2. All charges such as Cost of Transfer, Fluctuation Marginal
Difference, Tax of all kind shall be deducted from the source.

3. To commence, you will provide us with your information as such
as your full name and address, Tel and Fax numbers so that we can
start the processing of the required documents.

Kindly give this matter a prompt and quick reply.

Lastly, with scam/spam/Fraudulent mail plaguing the world today,
this Transaction is Subject for Verification. Thus I may request
for a pre-meeting to guarantee the high level of credibility which
this business demands and I hope you will not betray the trust and
confidence repose on you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Fred Peters


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