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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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  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Femi Coker" <f_coker@cokerworld.com>
Reply-To: gf_coker@yahoo.de
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:38:27 +0000
Subject: FROM ENGR FEMI COKER

>From Engineer Femi Coker
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC),
P.o. Box 256 wuse2 Abuja,
Nigerian



Attn: Please

I am Engr.Femi Coker, The Director of the Contractors Award and Review
Department with the Nigerian national Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I
am contacting you on this business of transferring the sum of
US$23,615,000.00 (Twenty-three million, six hundred and fifteen thousand
United
Stated Dollars only) into a safe foreign account and the need is very
urgent. I got your contact from the internet when i was searching for
honest person who will assist me to receive the money into your bank
account and it is with business trust that made me to contact you on this
matter. I write to solicit for the transfer of this money into your
account.

This money was generated from an over invoiced contract sum in my
corporation (NNPC).
I am contacting you for your help and partnership for the following two
reasons:
1. As a civil servant, I am not permitted to own foreign accounts due
to civil service code of conduct.
2. My present financial resources as a civil servant will not be
sufficient for me to handle the transfer alone successfully without
financial
assistance from a reliable foreign partner abroad. 30% of this sum
would be for you as compensation for using your Bank account in
transferring this money, 5% would be used to reimburse the expenses made by
both
parties during the processing of the transferring which include,
telephone bills, traveling expenses and other fees. While 65% is for me.

Please note that I will arrange to meet with you immediately after the
successful conclusion of the transfer, the 65% share of mine will be
used for investment overseas. Your assistance and co-operation is highly
needed. I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free. If you
are interested I will require your banking information as
mentioned below:

1. Name to be used as beneficiary
2. Your private and confidential telephone/fax number(s).
3. Your bank name and address, your bank telephone and fax number(s).
4. Or if you are not comfortable with providing your existing account,
you can within the shortest possible time, confidentially open an
entirely new (Virgin) account for the transaction. I would prefer this
arrangement. I hope to conclude this business within the next fourteen (14)
working days. Looking forward to your anticipated and urgent positive
response via this e-mail box


Regards
Engr Femi Coker.

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