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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: "Br Mike Aku" <barrister_mikeaku1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: greg_pl111@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:52:31 +0000
Subject: urgent attention

I am Barrister Mike Aku, the secretary to Dr.Ahmed. Hassan. Danjuma,Project
Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). His
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 colleagues10% 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 purporting 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 my boss Through this email address
misp_c@yahoo.com with the following important information.

Your Bank Name / Address Account Name ,Account
NumberTel/Fax Telex of Bank,with your Personal
Phone / Fax Numbers for easy communication. This
transaction will last for 14 working days from the
time we submit the required information, as all
modalities 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.

Barrister Mike Aku, secretary to Dr. Ahmed. Hassan. Danjuma.
Project Director(NNPC

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