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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: "jerry madueke" <jerrymadueke4@msn.com>
Reply-To: jerrymadueke1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:17:42 +0000
Subject: Business proposal!!!

Attn: President/Ceo.,

I am the Director of Projects Ministry of Agriculture / Chairman
foreign contract committee. By the virtue of my position and the power
bestowed on us by the Federal Government of Nigeria, We carefully and
deliberately over invoiced some contracts in my ministry to the tune of
$12.5 million united states dollars. The contracts have been fully
executed and commissioned and payments are about to be made to all
foreign contractors. Hence, I want you to assist me with a foreign
account anywhere that can be used to receive the over invoiced sum for
our mutual benefits since the law of my country does not permit us as a
civil servants to own a foreign bank account while in the service.

We have agreed that whoever provided us with offshore bank account will
have a meeting anywhere agreed with both parties before the final
release of the money to his designated account to discuss the percentage
sharing of the fund.

To commence this transaction, we require you to indicate your interest
by a return e-mail and enclose the following
informations:-

1) Full name and address.
2) Your private telephone number and Fax number.
3) Occupation and Nationality.
4) Your company name and address.


Regards,

Mr. Jerry Madueke.

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