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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: "Abu Mustafa" <abu_mustafa2004@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 02:28:22 -0700
Subject: Urgent Asistance

DUBAI SHELL PETROLUEM CORPORATION
PLOT 56 JUMAIRA, DAIRA, DUBAI.
FROM THE DESK OF DR ABU MUSTAFA
EMAIL:(abu_mustafa2004@rediffmail.com <mailto:abu_mustafa2004@rediffmail.com>) 30TH JULY 2005
DEAR Sir,
I AM DR ABU MUSTAFA THE CHAIRMAN OF CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE, DUBAI SHELL PETROLUEM CORPORATION (SPC), UNITED ARAB EMIRATE . SOMETIME LAST YEAR, OUR REFINERY WAS GENERALY SERVICED AND MANY OTHER CONTRACTS WHERE ALSO AWARDED IN THE OIL SECTOR AFTER AN OUT BREAK OF FIRE.THERE WAS ASSISTANCE FROM WORLD BANK, I.M.F. AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AND THE REFINERY AS A WHOLE.
DURING THIS PERIOD, A LOT OF CONTRACT WERE AWAREDED TO SO MANY INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS. ALL THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAS JUST RECEIVED THEIR FINAL PHASE OF THEIR PAYMENT LEAVING A TOTAL SUM OF 17,000 000 MILLION USD FLOATING IN THE FILES OF FEDRAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE UNCLAIMED THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE OVER INVOICING WE DID DURING THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.
THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED OKAY; THIS SUM OF 17,000 000 MILLION (SEVENTHEN MILLION US DOLLARS) I WILL LIKE TO TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT NOW,WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO PROVIED ME
(1) YOUR FULL NAME,
(2) ADDRESS AND
(3)YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
AS THE CONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN, I WILL PREPARE DOCUMENTS WITH YOUR NAME AS SUB-CONTRACTOR WHO DID THIS JOB. AND THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED IN YOUR COMPANY NAME OR PERSONAL NAME INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND COMPERSATION IN THIS TRANSACTION I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY: 10% SET ASIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL EXPENCESS DURING OUR TIME OF EFFECT OF THE TRANSFER AND 60% FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUE.
MORESO, I WILL COME OVER TO MEET WITH YOU A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT TO TAKE CARE OF MY SHARE AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR COMMISSION OF 30%. IF YOU WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO ME TO HAVE THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT, WRITE ME BACK IMMEDIATELY OR YOU CALL ME ON PHONE TO FEED YOU WITH INFORMATIONS AND MODALITIES FOR THIS TRANSACTION. NOTE : THIS TRANSACTION IS SMOOTH AND SECURED AS ALL ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN FINALISED.
KINDLY ENSURE THAT YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX IS INCLUDED IN YOUR RETURN MAIL AND ALSO DO ENSURE THAT YOUR REPLY IS TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS AS SHOWN ABOVE.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR ABU MUSTAFA.
CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE

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