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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: "Godwin Uka" <godymiller@msn.com>
Reply-To: godymiller2000@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:48:50 +0000
Subject: Attention Sir/Madam

From Dr.Godwin Uka,
Project Director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Lagos Nigeria
E-MAIL : (goddymiller2000@writeme.com)

Attention Sir/Madam

I am Dr.Godwin Uka,Project Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). My Committee is principally concerned with payment of
all contract awarded from 1998 to date, in order of priority as regard
capital projects of the NNPC.

The information we gathered from the Foreign Office of the Nigeria Chambers
of Commerce and Industries is so positive as to convince us that you would
provide us with solution to a money transfer deal valued at Thirty One
Million United States Dollars and subsequently a joint business venture. In
the course of our duties as values, and project inspectors for the on-going
liquefied Natural Gas(LNG) project, we have over-invoiced the value of some
jobs done by foreign contractors for the NNPC to the tune of US$31M. As
follows: -Computer optimization and Installation $16,000.000.00,Installation
of 250,000.00 Monax Turbine$10,000.000.00,Turn Around Maintenance
$5,000,000.00 Our aim of over-invoicing this payment is to divert the excess
amount to a discrete account abroad.

This fund is now floating in suspense account at the Central Bank of
Nigeria(CBN).This is the fund my colleagues and I have decided to transfer
into your account since we, as civil servants are not allowed to operate or
own foreign account.The money will be shared as follows after
transfer:30% for you (Account Owner)60%for me and my colleagues 10% to
off-set both local and international expenses that Would be incurred in the
course of this transaction.

To be able to claim the funds, we will be Surporting your company to be the
original contractor / beneficiary of the funds so all procedures for
international transfer shall be strictly followed,as we have worked out all
modalities for a swift and riskfree transfer. If this proposal satisfies
you, please contact me with the following important informations viz:

(1)Your Full Name and Contact Address,
(2)your Bank details for easy transaction.
(3)Your Personal Phone / Fax Numbers for easy communication.

Take note that upon the reciept of the above informations this transaction
will last for 14 working days from the time we submit the required
information,as all Modelities concerning this transaction have been worked
out and it is completely risk free.Please be informed that this subject is
classified sensitive. Therefore treat the transaction with utmost
confidentiality and urgency.

Yours Faithfully
Dr, Godwin Uka
Project Director(NNPC
E-MAIL: goddymiller2000@writeme.com

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