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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: "Frank Okobi" <frank_okobi@msn.com>
Reply-To: managerobinnaobi10@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:47:40 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME TODAY.......

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH LAGOS -NIGERIA.,
LAGOS - OFFICE.
FROM THE DESK OF: Mr.Frank Okobi.

Good Day,

Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise, since it is from
someone you do not know or have seen before, but based on recommendations, I
gathered from a very reliable source here in Nigeria.

I am the Director, Fund Co-ordinator of the Finance Contract Department of
Federal Ministry of Health. The crux of this letter is that the
Finance/Contract Department of the Federal Ministry of Health (F.M.O.H.)
deliberatly over-inflated the contract values of various contract awarded.

In the course of disbursement, my office was able to track down the sum of
US$23.5M as the over invoiced sum. This money is now floating in the
F.M.O.H. domicilliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I and
my colleagues now want to quickly tranfer this fund to a safe nominated
foreign account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a
matter of government policy to operate any foreign account because of our
status as civil / public servants.

Hence, the need to solicit for your full banking details, to enable us
transfer this money into your account.Upon your acceptance of this proposal,
we have also agreed on a sharing ratio:

1. 25% for you as the account owner
2. 65% for I and my colleagues
3. 10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and
internationally during the course of this transaction.

Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as regards to
investment of our share. be informed that this business is genuine and 100%
safe considering the High Powered Government officials involved.

Send to my E-mail address the following information:

(1). Your OCCUPATION and address, bank name, address and account number
(2). Your telephone or fax number for effective communication

This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less
than seven (7) working days. Contact me strictly on my email address, while
looking forward to a healthy business and fulfilling relationship with you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Frank Okobi.

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